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Astronomy Jeopardy!Planetary Planetary and Solar and Solar SystemSystem
Multiple Multiple ChoiceChoice
ExtragalactiExtragalactic and c and
Cosmology Cosmology
Stars and Stars and ConstellatioConstellatio
nsns
Identify this Identify this Pictured Pictured ObjectObject
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Planetary and Solar System– 10 points
Which planet is closest to the
Sun?
Planetary and Solar System– 20 points
What is the name of
Saturn's largest moon?
Planetary and Solar System– 30 points
What element was discovered on the Sun before it was
discovered on Earth?
Planetary and Solar System– 40 points
From what hypothetical
region are comets believed to come?
Planetary and Solar System– 50 points
What is the name of the
largest gap in Saturn's rings?
Multiple Choice– 10 points
The planets make up what percentage of the mass in
our solar system?
A: 0.0135 %B: 0.135 %C: 1.35 %D: 13.5 %
Multiple Choice– 20 points
The three main parts of a comet are the nucleus, the tail, and the
_____?
A: Zenith B: UmbraC: RadiantD: Coma
Multiple Choice–30 points
What is the term for the condition when three celestial bodies are arranged in a
straight line?
A: Occultation B: Parallax C: SyzygyD: Triple Transit
Multiple Choice– 40 points
What year boasted the first woman in space?
A: 1963 B: 1968 C: 1973 D: 1983
Multiple Choice– 50 points
There are many theories about the birth of our solar system. Which
theory involves a passing star pulling dust and debris from the forming
sun?
A: Nebular Hypothesis B: Tidal Theory C: Collision TheoryD: Protoplanet Hypothesis
What effect led Edwin Hubble to discover the expansion of the Universe?
A. Microwave BackgroundB. AnisotropyC. Redshift
Extragalactic – 30 points
When a neutron star and a black hole orbit each other, the gases sucked off of the neutron star cause what kind of disk around the black hole
before disappearing into it?
A. Chandrasekhar DiskB. Double DiskC. Funnel DiskD. Accretion Disk
Extragalactic – 40 points
In what kind of interstellar medium does star formation take place?
Extragalactic – 50 points
Extragalactic – 20 points
Which American astronomer first described a subset of spiral galaxies characterized by one bright central region containing strong, broad
emission lines in 1944?
Extragalactic – 10 points
What is the name of the large spiral galaxy in our local group that was recently discovered to be smaller then the Milky Way?
Which star is closest to the Sun?
Stars and Constellations – 10 points
What star is nicknamed The Dog Star?
Stars and Constellations – 20 points
Stars and Constellations – 30 points
What is this type of diagram called and
what is the part where the Sun is located
called?
Stars and Constellations – 40 points
How many constellations are there?
What does the constellation of Puppis
represent?
Stars and Constellations – 50 points
Identify this Pictured Object – 10 points
Identify this Pictured Object – 20 points
Identify this Pictured Object – 30 points
In general, what could this object be?
Identify this Pictured Object – 40 points
Identify this Pictured Object – 50 points