Jeopardy

1. Jeopardy Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin.

2. Choose a point value. Choose a point value. Click here for Final Jeopardy

3. Vocabulary Phases of the Moon Eclipses A little bit Of Everything! Diagrams 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points

4. The spinning of a planet or Moon on it’s axis.

5. One complete orbit.

6. The path a body follows around another body in space. For example, the Moon orbits around the Earth and the Earth orbits around the Sun.

7. When the sunlit part of the Moon that we see gets larger on the right side of the Moon.

8. When the sunlit part of the Moon that we see gets smaller on the left side of the Moon.

9. The different appearances of the Moon due to its changing position in relation to the Sun and Earth.

10. Approximately how many days does it take the moon to revolve around the Earth?

11. True or False? The next phase after the first quarter is the waning crescent?

12. True or False? The moon revolves COUNTER-CLOCKWISE

13. We always see the _______ side of the moon from Earth.

14. A _________ _________occurs when the Moon comes between Earth and the Sun and the shadow of the Moon falls on part of the Earth

15. Draw a diagram of the location of the Earth, Moon and Sun during a Lunar Eclipse

16. Draw a diagram of the location of the Earth, Moon and Sun during a Solar Eclipse

17. Why don’t we see a solar or lunar eclipse every month?

18. What color does the moon appear to be during a lunar eclipse?

19. True or False? The best evidence to support formation of the Moon is the rock that was brought back by the Apollo missions. Scientists found that the composition of the Moon rock was similar to the composition of Earth’s mantle (the outer layer of the Earth).

20. The moon has ______ gravity then the Earth.

21. What are the results of Earth’s rotation on its axis?

22. Rotation or Revolution?

23. Rotation or Revolution?

24. Name this phase of the moon.

25. Name this phase of the moon.

26. Name this phase of the moon.

27. Name this phase of the moon.

28. Name this phase of the moon.

29. Final Jeopardy Make your wager

30. Final Answer

31. ROTATION

32. REVOLUTION

33. ORBIT

34. WAXING

35. WANING

36. PHASES

37. 29 days

38. FALSE! (It is the waxing gibbous)

39. TRUE!

40. SAME

41. Solar Eclipse.

42. Sun – Earth- Moon

43. Sun – Moon- Earth

44. The Moon’s orbit around the Earth is tilted about 50 above and below the Earth. This tilt is enough to place the Moon out of Earth’s shadow for most Full and the Earth out of the Moon’s shadow for most New Moons.

45. RED Our atmosphere acts like a lens and bends some sunlight into Earth’s shadow. When sunlight hits particles in the atmosphere, blue light is filtered out, so most of the remaining light is red. This affect makes the Moon appear red during a Lunar Eclipse.

46. TRUE

47. Less

48. Day and Night

49. REVOLUTION

50. ROTATION