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Science Jeopardy The Sun & Shadows The Moon Stars Rotation & Miscellaneous Revolution Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 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.