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Fast Finger QuestionPut the following in order from largest to smallest.

A. Venus

C. Saturn

B. Neptune

D. Mars

Fast Finger QuestionThe order of the planets from largest to smallest are:

C. SaturnB. NeptuneA. VenusD. Mars

$100 The name given to Mercury, Venus, Mars,

and Earth ?

A. Outer planets

C. Gas giants

B. Solar system

D. Terrestrial planets

$100 The name given to Mercury, Venus, Mars,

and Earth is …

D. Terrestrial planets

$200 This is the name of the astronomer who popularizedthe heliocentric model?

A. Ptolemy

C. Copernicus

B. Aristotle

D. Galileo

$200 The name of the astronomer that popularized the

heliocentric model of the solar system was …

C. Copernicus

$300 The name of the explanation that the

universe originated with an explosion from a ball?

A. Heliocentric Model

C. Big Bang Theory

B. Gravity Assist

D. Trajectory

$300 The name of the explanation that the

universe originated with an explosion from a ball is…

C. Big BangTheory

$500 What is at the center of the geocentric model of

the solar system?

A. Sun

C. Moon

B. Earth

D. Jupiter

$500 The center of the geocentric model of the

solar system …

B. Earth

$1000 This is the name of Earth’s only natural

satellite?

A. TV satellite

C. Moon

B. Voyager II

D. Triton

$1000 The name of Earth’s only natural satellite is the

…

C. the Moon

$2000 All of the following have known satellites except

which pair?

A. Mars, Earth

C. Mercury, Venus

B. Saturn, Neptune

D. Pluto, Jupiter

$2000 All of the outer planets and Earth and Mars

have known satellites …

C. Mercury, Venus

$4000 This is the name of the most volcanically active object in the solar system?

A. Earth

C. Io

B. Titan

D. Triton

$4000 This is the name of the most volcanically active object in the solar system …

C. Io

$8,000 This is the name of the planet that has swirling

blue and white features?

A. Earth

C. Pluto

B. Neptune

D. Uranus

$8,000 This is the name of the planet that has swirling

blue and white features …

B. Neptune

$16,000 The inner and outer planets are separated by

which of the following?

A. Sun

C. Meteors

B. Earth

D. Asteroid belt

$16,000 The inner and outer planets are separated by

which of the following …

D. Asteroid belt

$32,000 A star and all the objects that orbit around it is

called this?

A. galaxy

C. asteroid

B. constellation

D. Solar system

$32,000 A star and all the objects that orbit around it is

called …

D. Solar system

$64,000 The planet whose atmosphere is mainly carbon

dioxide, with sulfuric acid is?

A. Mars

C. Mercury

B. Venus

D. Saturn

$64,000 The planet whose atmosphere is mainly carbon dioxide, with sulfuric acid is

…

B. Venus

$125,000 This is the name given to a natural or man

made object that can orbit a planet?

A. moon

C. star

B. satellite

D. planet

$125,000 This is the name given to a natural or man

made object that can orbit a planet …

B. satellite

$250,000 When a probe uses the gravitational pull of a planet or ‘gravity assist’ it

changes its what?

A. speed

C. G-force

B. direction

D. gravity

$250,000 When a probe uses the gravitational pull of a planet or ‘gravity assist’ it

changes its …

B. direction

$500,000 Because the Earth is closer to the Sun than _______ it has a shorter

year?

A. Moon

C. Mars

B. Venus

D. Mercury

$500,000 Because the Earth is closer to the Sun

than _______ it has a shorter year…

C. Mars

$1,000,000 The order of the planets from smallest to

largest according to size?

A. p,v,y,r,e,n,u,s,j

C. p,y,v,r,e,u,n,s,j

B. p,r,y,v,e,n,u,s,j

D. p,y,r,v,e,n,u,s,j

$1,000,000 The order of the planets from smallest to largest

according to size

D. p,y,r,v,e,n,u,s,j

Pluto, Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter

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