JEOPARDY!
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JEOPARDY!
What’s the
difference?
Kepler’s
Laws
How its
made
Patterns in
the Solar
System
Planets on
the move
Other
objects in
the SS
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Geocentric and heliocentric
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Major axis and minor axis
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Asteroid and comet
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Meteoroid and meteorite
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Kuiper belt and Oort Cloud
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This law explains the relationship
between orbital period and a
planet’s distance from the Sun.
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Kepler’s First Law describes the
orbit of a planet in the shape of
an ellipse with the _______ at
one focus.
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Kepler’s ____ Law says that a
line from the sun to any other
planet will sweep out equal areas
in the same amount of time.
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The distance from the Sun in
Kepler’s laws is given in terms of
this unit.
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Describe eccentricity.
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This theory explains the origin of
the solar system
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The solar system began as a
cloud made up of -
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How long ago did our solar
system form?
A. 5 million years ago
B. 5 billion years ago
C. 5 trillion years ago
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Why are the four inner planets
similar in density?
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Why do the four outer planets
have atmospheres with similar
compositions?
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As you move away from the Sun
what happens to temperature?
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How does the orbital period of a
planet change as you move away
from the Sun?
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As you move towards the sun
describes what happens to the
size of the planets.
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True or False: The outer four
planets have atmospheres made
of lighter elements.
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As you move away from the sun,
the number of __________
orbiting a planet ________.
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The aphelion is the point where a
planet is ________ from the Sun.
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A planet that is at its perihelion will
move _________ in its orbit than
when it is at its aphelion.
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A planet that is closer to the sun
has an orbital period ______ than
a planet that is further away.
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Describe the relationship
between orbital period and
distance from the Sun.
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Most planets rotate on their axis
from West to East, _______ rotates
from East to West
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Parts of a comet: nucleus, coma,
__________
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A _____________ becomes a
___________ when it passes into
Earth’s atmosphere.
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Which has more craters? Earth
or Mercury? Why?
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Explain the origin of the asteroid
belt
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The eccentricity of a comet’s orbit
is ____________ than the
eccentricity of Earth.
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