Transcript Jeopardy Template - Union School Haiti

Let’s play…
Solar System
Jeopardy
This planet that
I am holding is
gargantuan!
THE RULES:
• One team gets a turn to answer
first, if they get the answer
incorrect the next team in line
gets a chance to steal (this
continues until the correct
answer is given)
• Miss Waggoner’s decisions are
FINAL
And now…here is the host of
Jeopardy…
Miss
Waggoner
Let’s Get Ready to
play…
Today’s Categories
are:
I used to be a planet
On the Inside
Outsiders
The Reason for the Season
Vocabulary
I used to be a
planet
On the inside
Outsiders
The Reason
That Lunar Man!
for the Season
$100 $100 $100 $100 $100
$200 $200 $200 $200 $200
$300 $300 $300 $300 $300
$400 $400 $400 $400 $400
$500 $500 $500 $500 $500
FJ
Pluto is too big to wear a belt but is
now the king of what belt?
Answer…
Kupier
100
The orbit of Pluto is what?
Answer…
not circular
200
Pluto used to classified as the
_______ planet from the sun?
(hint: the answer is a number)
Answer…
ninth
300
Pluto is now classified as what
type of planet?
Answer…
dwarf
400
What year was Pluto declassified
as a planet?
Answer…
2006
500
What is the planet closest to the
sun and the smallest in the solar
system?
Answer…
Mercury
100
This planet is half the size of Earth
and completes the following
popular saying. Men are from
_____ and women are from
Venus?
Answer…
Mars
200
What planet is the title
of the popular show
“Third Rock from the Sun”
referring to?
Answer…
Earth
300
Which planet has water and
oxygen?
Answer…
Earth
400
What causes Venus to be the
hottest planet in the solar system
although it is not the closest to the
sun?
Answer…
Green house gasses
500
On what planet is there a great red
spot and what is it?
Answer…
Jupiter, storm of swirling gasses
100
What are the first and last planets
that make up the outer planets?
Answer…
Jupiter and Neptune
200
Which planet has 2 letters in it that
are the 6th last letter in the
alphabet?
Answer…
Uranus
300
Jupiter is the largest planet. How
many Earths would fit inside
Jupiter?
Answer…
~1000
400
How many rings or bands are
there around Saturn?
Answer…
Seven
500
What is the major
factor that causes the
seasons?
Answer…
Earth’s tilt
100
When it is Winter in Canada what
season is it in England?
Answer…
Winter
200
What season is it when it is
Christmas time in Australia?
Answer…
summer
300
What are the seasons like at the
equator? (in Ecuador for example)
Answer…
Stay pretty much the same all year
round
400
Why do the North and South Poles
never get direct sun light?
Answer…
Earth’s tilt
500
Answer…
Full Moon
100
What do the words waxing and
waning mean?
Answer…
Increasing, decreasing
growing, shrinking
getting bigger, smaller
200
Answer…
Waxing gibbous
300
Answer…
Waxing crescent
400
What are the three waning moon
phases called in order from full
moon to new moon?
Answer…
Waning gibbous, last quarter,
waning crescent
500
FINAL
JEOPARDY
CATEGORY:
Hop, jump, leap!
How much do you want
to wager? Proceed…
Why do we have to have a
leap year?
Proceed…
It takes the Earth 365.24
days to orbit around the
sun so every 4 years
there is about 1 day left
over (.24 x 4 = .96 about
1 day)
Proceed…