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Earth's Astronomy Quiz Game

Test your knowledge about Earth's revolution, rotation, solstices, equinoxes, moon phases, tides, and eclipses in this engaging quiz show format. Answer questions on different astronomical concepts and challenge your understanding of celestial phenomena.

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Earth's Astronomy Quiz Game

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  1. THIS IS JE0PARDY

  2. Your With Host... Mrs. Painter

  3. Earth’s Revolution Earth’s Rotation Solstices & Equinoxes Moon Phases Tides Eclipses 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

  4. It takes this long for the Earth to rotate once. A 100

  5. 24 hours A 100

  6. Earth’s rotation causes _______ & _______. A 200

  7. day and night A 200

  8. Where are the lengths of day and night about the same all year long? A 300

  9. The Equator A 300

  10. The Earth rotates at a ______ degree angle. A 400

  11. 23 A 400

  12. The imaginary line running through the center of Earth is called ____________. A 500

  13. Axis of rotation A 500

  14. Define revolution. B 100

  15. The motion of one object around another. B 100

  16. How long does it take for Earth to orbit the Sun once? B 200

  17. 1 year B 200

  18. How many days are in a year? (Be specific!) B 300

  19. 365 ¼ days B 300

  20. Earth’s revolution causes ________. B 400

  21. seasons B 400

  22. In the summer, the Earth tilts ________ the Sun. B 500

  23. towards B 500

  24. Define solstice. C 100

  25. The area of sunlight is at a maximum in one hemisphere and a minimum in the other hemisphere. C 100

  26. Define equinox. C 200

  27. Sunlight shines equally on the northern and southern hemispheres. C 200

  28. The strongest sunlight is north of the equator during this equinox/solstice. C 300

  29. June Solstice C 300

  30. DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400

  31. Equinoxes and Solstices happen on or around the _____ days of certain months of the year. C 400

  32. 21st C 400

  33. These two months are equinox months. C 500

  34. March and September C 500

  35. How many moon phases did we study? D 100

  36. 8 moon phases D 100

  37. A complete moon phase cycle takes how many days? D 200

  38. 27 days D 200

  39. How long does it take for the moon to rotate once? D 300

  40. 27 days D 300

  41. What is the first phase of the moon? D 400

  42. The New Moon phase D 400

  43. Why do we always see the same side of the moon from Earth? D 500

  44. It takes the moon the same amount of time to complete one rotation as it does for the moon to revolve around the Earth once. (27 days) D 500

  45. Define eclipse E 100

  46. Occurs when a shadow makes the moon or sun seem to grow dark. E 100

  47. Name the 2 types of eclipses that we studied. E 200

  48. solar eclipse and lunar eclipse E 200

  49. A solar eclipse occurs during the _______ phase of the moon. E 300

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