Solar system review game

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Chapter 20

• Solar system review game

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Review game

• Students break into teams of 4
• Each team will discuss and answer each question
• Scoring sheets are handed in at the end.
• 5 points to winning team
• 4 points for 2nd
• 3 points 3rd
• 2 points 4th
• 1 point for 5th
• 0 for 6th

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Europa is a moon of Jupiter and its surface is
made up of ________Ice
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2) What model places the Earth at the center of
the solar system?Geocentric model
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3) How are the 4 inner planets alike?Small,
rocky planets
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4) What are the 2 factors that keep a planet in
orbit?Orbital speed and gravity
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5)The heliocentric solar system was first
proposed by _________Copernicus
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6) What solar event can cause electrical problems
on Earth?Solar flares
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7) How are Venus and Earth alike? (other than
having a rocky surface)Size and density
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8) Where is the asteroid belt located?Between
Mars and Jupiter
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9) Where do meteoroids usually come from?Comets
and asteroids
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10) Describe the evidence that Mars may have once
had liquid watersurface patterns that look
like dried up rivers and lakes
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11) The sun centered solar system gained support
when Galileo observed what?The moons of Jupiter
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12) Are sunspots hotter or cooler than other
parts of the suns surface?cooler
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13) A chunk of dust and ice that has a long
elliptical orbit is call a ___________comet
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14) Using gravity, the sun produces energy by
what means?Nuclear fusion
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15) What makes the Earth unique among the inner
planets, other than life existing here?Abundant
liquid water
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16) Why doesnt the atmospheres of the gas giants
escape into space?The gravitational pull of the
planets
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17) How is pluto different from the other outer
planets?It is small and rocky
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18) How is Uranus different from the other
planets?Spins on its side
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19) What are Saturns rings made up
of?Particles of ice and dust
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20) Why do astronomers think Pluto is not a
planet? Too small, more elliptical orbit
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21) How much longer will the suns fuel last?4
to 5 billion years
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22) What do the first 4 outer planets have in
common?Very large and have no solid surface
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23) Why is Europa a good place to look for
life?May have liquid water under the ice
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24) Do the first 4 outer planets have a solid
surface?NO, they are mostly gas
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25) A linking of different sunspot regions is
called a __________prominence
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26) The inner layer of the Suns atmosphere is
called the what _______photosphere
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27) The corona is only visible from the Earth
during a ________solar eclipse
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28) The gas giant planets have a similar
composition as what other object in the solar
system?The sun
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29) Which direction does a comets tail always
point?Away from the sun