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Astronomy Review Vocabulary and Trivia Round 1 • Universe • Galaxy • Star • Planet • Gas Giants • Axis Round 2 • Big Bang • Elliptical Galaxy • Nuclear Fusion • Asteroid • Rotation • Solar eclipse Round 3 • Astronomical Unit • Spiral Galaxy • Nebula • Comet • Revolution • Equinox Round 4 • Light Year • Irregular Galaxy • Solar System • Terrestrial Planets • Solstice • Lunar Eclipse 1. Everything we know to exist including matter, energy, space, and time is known as the Universe ________________. The Big Bang 2. ____________ is the initial explosion that is theorized to be the beginning of our universe. 3. A unit of measure defined as the distance from the Sun to the Astronomical Unit Earth is an ____________. A Light Year 4. ___________ is the distance light travels in one year. 5.A large cluster of stars, gas, and dust held by gravity is known as galaxy a ____________. A star 6. ________ is a sphere of glowing gas that is able to produce its own energy. 7. The process in which energy is released when smaller atoms collide and stick together to form larger atoms is known as Nuclear Fusion. _______ Planet 8. A __________ is an spherical object that doesn’t produce its own light, orbits and star, and is large enough to clear its own path. 9. Irregularly-shaped rocks in our solar system are called Asteroids _________ Comets 10. ___________ are irregularly shaped balls of ice, rock, and dust that leave vapor trails while orbiting the Sun. 11. The 4 inner planets are also Terrestrial Planets while known as the _________ the 4 outer planets are also Gas Giants known as the ________. 12. When an object goes around Revolving another its called _________. When an object spins its called Rotating ________. 13. The longest and shortest days of the year are known as Solstices _______, while days with equal day and night are called Equinoxes ________. Earth’s Phenomena The Universe Galaxies Stars The Solar System 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Jeopardy Board Initial The Moon Galaxies Earth’s phenomena Stars The Solar System 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 The Universe 100 Jeopardy Board New Final Jeopardy Question The Moon Final Jeopardy • If the Earth’s gravity is strong enough to pull the Moon towards Earth, why, then, isn’t the moon pulled towards Earth? A - 100 • How old is the universe theorized to be and how did it begin? A - 200 What’s wrong here? • The Milky Way galaxy is traveling at a speed of 300,000 light years towards the Andromeda galaxy. A – 300 • When is an astronomical unit an appropriate unit of measure to use? A – 400 • If an astronomer observes that an object in the solar system is twice as far from the Sun as it is the Earth, what would be that object’s distance from the Sun in AUs? A - 500 • Explain why astronomers interested in the Big Bang will look to galaxies for information. B - 100 • What force holds galaxies together? B - 200 • What is the name of our galaxy? What type of galaxy is it? B - 300 • What type of galaxy is represented in the picture? DD1 • If a galaxy contained lots of gas and dust, what does that tell you about its stars? And what type of galaxy would it be? B - 500 • How would the stars in the middle of our galaxy compare to the stars in the outer regions of our galaxy? C - 100 • Which color star is the coolest? C - 200 • Which star will live longest? Why? C – 300 The following is a picture of a what? Once it compresses and heats up, what process will begin? • What type of star must have died? C- 400 C - 500 • What will be the next two steps in this sequence? D - 100 • Name 5 different types of things found in a solar system D - 200 Name 2 things the inner planets all have in common. D - planets 300 all have in Name 3 things the outer common • What is shown in picture? Describe how Deach - 400 you know for each. B A C D – 500 • Explain why you would have different ages on different planets. E - 100 • Compare rotation and revolution. DD2 E - 200 Why does this happen? E - 300 • Describe the - sunlight directness E – 500 - hours of daylight - season for the Northern Hemisphere • What is wrong with the diagram below. What would be happening as a result? E - 400 D A C B • How would a tilt of 30 degrees instead of 23.5 degrees affect Earth’s seasons? 100 • What is going onFin- the picture below? Describe what would be seen from Earth. • F 200 What moon phase would be visible from Earth? What has to happen for this phase to change? • During a new moon phase, no light can be seen on Earth from the moon. Why? • What are the arrows F -point 400to in this picture? Explain how this happens. • How much time has elapsed between these two pictures? Why does F this–fluctuation 500 occur?