Download Jeopardy - Mr. Morrow`s Class

Science Jeopardy
The Sun &
Shadows
The Moon
Stars
Rotation & Miscellaneous
Revolution
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Created by Mr. Morrow
Final Jeopardy
$100 Question – The Sun &
Shadows
In what direction does the
Sun rise each day?
$100 Answer – The Sun &
Shadows
East
$200 Question – The Sun &
Shadows
What time of the year would
your shadow be the longest?
$200 Answer – The Sun &
Shadows
winter
$300 Question – The Sun &
Shadows
What is a shadow, and what
do you need to create one?
$300 Answer – The Sun &
Shadows
A shadow is a dark area
behind an object. To create
a shadow you need a light
source and an object to block
the light.
$400 Question – The Sun &
Shadows
What affects the change
in size and direction of a
shadow over the course of
a day?
$400 Answer – The Sun &
Shadows
the position of the Sun in the
sky.
$500 Question – The Sun &
Shadows
How does the Sun’s path
across the sky change in
one year?
$500 Answer – The Sun &
Shadows
The Sun gets higher in the
sky in the summer and
lower in the sky during the
winter.
$100 Question – The Moon
True or False. The Moon
rotates AND revolves.
$100 Answer – The Moon
True
$200 Question – The Moon
An object that travels
around another object in
space is called what?
$200 Answer – The Moon
a satellite
$300 Question – The Moon
How many weeks between
new Moons? Clue: this is the
length of the lunar cycle
$300 Answer – The Moon
about a month (28 days)
$400 Question – The Moon
Another way to explain
waning would be . . .
$400 Answer – The Moon
getting smaller
$500 Question – The Moon
Explain how you know the
Moon is waxing or waning.
$500 Answer – The Moon
If the lit part of the Moon
is getting bigger or is on the
right, it’s waxing. If the lit
part is getting smaller or is
on the left, it’s waning.
$100 Question – Stars
What is the closest star to
Earth?
$100 Answer – Stars
the Sun
$200 Question – Stars
Why do stars appear to
move across the night sky?
$200 Answer – Stars
Stars do not move, but
because Earth is rotating it
looks like they move across
the night sky from east to
west.
$300 Question – Stars
What is a constellation?
$300 Answer – Stars
A group of stars that form
a pattern and are often
named after animals,
objects, or people.
$400 Question – Stars
Why don’t we see
constellations during the
day?
$400 Answer – Stars
Because the Sun is so
bright it doesn’t allow you
to see the light from the
other stars in the sky.
$500 Question – Stars
Why are some
constellations visible only
at certain times of the
year?
$500 Answer – Stars
As the Earth orbits the
Sun, the dark side of Earth
faces different directions
of the Milky Way at
different times of the
year.
$100 Question – Rotation &
Revolution
What is Earth’s natural
satellite?
$100 Answer – Rotation &
Revolution
The Moon
$200 Question – Rotation &
Revolution
What causes day and night on
Earth?
$200 Answer – Rotation &
Revolution
Earth’s rotation. The side of the Earth
facing the Sun is experiencing day,
and the side facing away from the Sun
is experiencing night.
$300 Question – Rotation &
Revolution
What is the difference
between rotation and
revolution?
$300 Answer – Rotation &
Revolution
Rotation is when a planet
or moon spins and
revolution is when it goes
around a larger object
(orbiting)
$400 Question – Rotation &
Revolution
The imaginary line around
Which a planet spins?
$400 Answer – Rotation &
Revolution
axis.
$500 Question – Rotation &
Revolution
How does Earth’s revolution
affect the seasons?
$500 Answer – Rotation &
Revolution
The Earth is tilted on its axis, and as it
orbits the Sun it causes different parts
of the Earth to get different amounts of
direct sunlight throughout the year.
When we are tilted toward the Sun we
have summer. When we’re tilted away
from the Sun we have winter. During the
in between times we have spring and fall.
$100 Question – Miscellaneous
A big ball of glowing gas
that gives off heat and light
is called what?
$100 Answer – Miscellaneous
A star
$200 Question – Miscellaneous
What is the name of a tool
used to find cardinal
directions?
$200 Answer – Miscellaneous
A compass
$300 Question – Miscellaneous
The Milky Way is an
example of what?
$300 Answer – Miscellaneous
a galaxy, full of stars and
planets.
$400 Question – Miscellaneous
Name 2 things Galileo
observed through a
telescope.
$400 Answer – Miscellaneous
Jupiter’s moons, craters and mountains
on the Moon, ne saw that the moons
and planets are spheres.
$500 Question – Miscellaneous
What is the name of the
North Star?
$500 Answer – Miscellaneous
Polaris
Final Jeopardy
Explain why the Moon changes in
appearance each night. Include
diagrams/pictures to help your
explanation.
Final Jeopardy Answer
As long as you included the things
mentioned in the question and wrote
a paragraph, all answers will be accepted.