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Phases of
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Moon
Solar
System
Earth
Events in Space
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It’s Jeopardy!
Phase when the moon is
increasing in size and
only a sliver can be
seen.
What is waxing
crescent?
Phase when the Moon is
increasing in size and
half of it is seen.
What is
st
1
quarter?
Phase when the Moon is
decreasing in size and
nearly all of it is lit.
What is waning
gibbous?
Phase when the
Moon cannot be
seen.
What is New
Moon?
Phase when the
Moon is decreasing
in size and only a
sliver can be seen.
What waning
crescent?
Length of time it takes the Moon
to revolve around the Earth
What is a month or
27.3 days?
The length of time it takes the
Earth to revolve around the Sun
What is a year or
365 ¼ days?
The inner planets are
separated from the outer
planets by this
What is the
asteroid belt?
Earth’s rotation on its
own axis creates this
and it takes this long.
What day and
night and 24
hours?
Name the 8 planets in
order from the Sun.
What are Mercury,
Venus, Earth, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, and
Neptune?
Earth and the
other planets stay
in orbit around the
Sun because of
this
What is the Sun’s
gravity or
gravitational pull?
Because the Earth is
tilted on its axis we
have this
What are seasons?
From Earth we see
different phases of the
Moon because of this
What is the angle of
the Moon to the
Earth as the Moon
revolves?
Constellations appear to move
across the sky, but these two
things are the cause of their
apparent motion.
What is Earth’s
rotation and
revolution around
the Sun?
In this picture the Northern
Hemisphere would be
experiencing which season?
What is winter?
This event occurs because of
the Moon’s gravity pulling
on the Earth
What are the tides?
This occurs when the
Earth moves between
the Sun and Moon
and a shadow is cast
on the Moon
What is a lunar
eclipse?
This season occurs when
the Earth receives direct
sunlight from the Sun.
What is summer?
For a solar eclipse to
occur this has to
happen
What is the Moon
must block the light
of the Sun and cast a
shadow on Earth?
These are the two
reasons why the Earth
has seasons.
What is the tilt of the
Earth on its axis and the
Earth’s revolution
around the Sun?
An imaginary line that
the Earth rotates
around
What is axis?
A space object made
of ice and dust that
orbits a star
What is a comet?
A group of stars with
a recognizable shape
What are
constellations?
A nearly round object
that orbits a star and is
smaller than a planet
What is a dwarf
planet?
A single turn around an
axis
What is rotation?
Final Jeopardy Round
Wagers?
Name the phases of the
Moon in order.