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SPACE JEOPARDY Final Jeopardy THE MOON The Earth The Solar System Exploration The Universe 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 The Moon for 100 What would be a good way to investigate the phases of the moon? Draw it every night for a month Push the Space Bar to check your answer. The Moon for 200 What is the movement of Earth on its axis called? What is the movement of Earth around the sun called? On its axis – rotation Around the sun - revolution Push the Space Bar to check your answer. The Moon for 300 Sun Moon Earth How many days would pass before the moon was on the other side of Earth? 14 - it takes about 28 days to revolve around the Earth Push the Space Bar to check your answer. The Moon for 400 Describe the movement of the Earth, the moon, and the sun. The moon revolves around the Earth while the Earth revolves around the sun. The earth and moon rotate on their axis Push the Space Bar to check your answer. The Moon for 500 What phase would the moon be in? Waning crescent Push the Space Bar to check your answer. The Earth for 100 In what month would Utah have the greatest number of daylight hours per day? June Push the Space Bar to check your answer. The Earth for 200 In what month would the sun’s light strike Utah at the lowest angle? December Push the Space Bar to check your answer. The Earth for 300 B. C. A . The Sun D. In what season would the Northern Hemisphere be at C? Winter Push the Space Bar to check your answer. The Earth for 400 B. C. A . The Sun D. In what season would the Northern Hemisphere be at D? Fall Push the Space Bar to check your answer. The Earth for 500 B. C. A . The Sun D. At which positions will the day and night hours be equal in length? B and D Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Solar System for 100 What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun? Gravity Push the Space Bar to check your answer. The Solar System for 200 Which object has the most gravity? A. Earth C. Jupiter B. Moon D. Sun Sun - the more mass an object has, the more gravity if will have Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Solar System for 300 Without gravity, what would be the shape of the solar system? There wouldn’t be a shape. It would be nothing like it is now. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Solar System for 400 Why are the pictures of the solar system in books not accurate? The planets are much farther apart than a book can show. The pictures are not to scale. Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Solar System for 500 What would happen to Earth if it started going faster around the sun? It would travel away from the sun Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Exploration for 100 Why is space travel difficult for people? A. We can’t take the food & oxygen we need into space B. The distances are great making it dangerous & expensive C. It is impossible to escape the sun’s and Earth’s gravity D. We don’t have a destination that we know will support life B Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Exploration for 200 Which instrument would be the best to help you see the rings on Saturn? A telescope Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Exploration for 300 Some objects such as black holes are invisible in space yet astronomers know they exist. On what do they base their knowledge: The objects give off radio or X-ray that we can analyze Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Exploration for 400 How have computers aided our understanding of space? They are able to take in large amounts of data and process it quickly Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Exploration for 500 Which constellation will people see when A Position Position B Earth is in position 1 2 1? How long will it take before they can see the other constellation? A – they will be at position 2 in 180 days (6 months) Push the Space Bar to check your answer. The Universe for 100 If you watched the night sky for several hours, how would the stars appear to be moving? Around the North Star Push the Space Bar to check your answer. The Universe for 200 What are galaxies made of? Many millions of stars Push the Space Bar to check your answer. The Universe for 300 A. B. C. D. What do the stars in a constellation have in common? Brightness Distance from Earth Same Size Same general direction from Earth D Push the Space Bar to check your answer. The Universe for 400 Early astronomers thought that galaxies were single stars. Why was this mistake easy to make? Galaxies are so far away that all the stars blend and look like a single star Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Odyssey Vocabulary for 500 Which stars do we always see during the year? Those stars over the North Pole Push the Space Bar to check your answer. FINAL JEOPARDY A C. D B Which constellation is located between “A” and “B”? What star is “D”? The Big Dipper – Polaris (North Star) Push the Space Bar to check your answer.