Download JEOPARDY QUESTIONS FOR ASTRONOMY, CHAPTERS 1 AND 2

Quiz Game Questions
STARS/SUN
1—What eventually forms in the core of the largest stars?
2—How many kilometers is the sun from Earth?
3— What two elements make up the sun and perform fusion?
4—Where does the element Gold come from?
5—What is the life cycle of our sun?
Iron
150,000,000
Hydrogen fusing into Helium
supernovas
Nebula, protostar, main sequence, red giant,White
Dwarf
EARTH
1—Who first published the heliocentric theory?
2—What causes the Earth’s seasons?
3—To what degree is the earth tilted?
4—Why does earth have life while others don’t?
5—What is Earth’s rotational speed?
Copernicus
Tilt of the earth’s axis
23.5 degrees
Liquid surface water, atmosphere, temperature
1600 km/hr, 1037 mph
INNER PLANETS
1—If Mercury is closer than Venus, why is Venus hotter?
2—Which is our twin or sister planet?
3—Why does Mars not have a temp. range like Earth?
4—How many moons does Mars have and their names?
5—What makes the inner planets different from outer?
Mercury has no atmosphere
Venus
Thin atmosphere (okay: farther away)
Phobos, Deimos
Size, rock vs. gas, core/mantle, distance
OUTER PLANETS
1—Why is it possible to fly through the outer layers of Jupiter?
2—Which planet is 10 AU from the sun?
3—How far from the sun is Jupiter?
4— Which planet is closest in size to Uranus?
5—Why is there no planet between Mars & Jupiter?
Not solid, gas
Saturn
5 A.U.
Neptune
Massive gravity of Jupiter/tidal forces
MISCELLANEOUS
1—Who discovered the four moons of Jupiter
2—Why was the discovery of Jupiter’s moons so significant?
3—What phenomenon is evidence the universe is expanding?
4—What major piece of technology allows us to study the farthest
into the universe?
5—What happens to the second largest of stars at death?
Galileo
Not everything around earth
Red shift of galaxies.
Hubble Space Telescope
Neutron Star
MISCELLANEOUS 2
1—What is the name of the largest asteroid in the belt?
2—Why was the heliocentric theory not accepted quickly?
3—What causes a Spring Tide?
4—Where is it darkest during an eclipse?
5—Why are the inner planets formed of rock and outer of gas?
Dwarf planet Ceres
Everyone believed geocentric/church
Earth, sun, and moon all aligned
Umbra
New Sun sent gases out further than rock
MOONS
1—What is the largest moon in the solar system?
2—What is the name of Saturn’s moon?
3—Why does the moon have only 1/6th the gravity of earth?
4—Name the most popular theory for our moon’s creation.
5—Which phase follows the first quarter of the moon?
Ganymede
Titan
Less mass
Collision/impact, ripped off surface (basalt)
Waxing Gibbous