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Astronomy Jeopardy

Astronomy Jeopardy. Astronomy Jeopardy. This astronomer believed that the Earth was the center of the universe with the sun and planets revolving around the Earth. . PTOLEMY. 100. This astronomer used a telescope to view the four moons orbiting Jupiter and the craters on the moon. GALILEO.

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Astronomy Jeopardy

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  1. Astronomy Jeopardy

  2. Astronomy Jeopardy

  3. This astronomer believed that the Earth was the center of the universe with the sun and planets revolving around the Earth.

  4. PTOLEMY 100

  5. This astronomer used a telescope to view the four moons orbiting Jupiter and the craters on the moon.

  6. GALILEO 200

  7. This astronomer explained that gravity kept the planets in orbit around the sun and why moons orbit planets.

  8. NEWTON 300

  9. This astronomer believed that the sun is the center of the universe with all the planets orbiting the sun.

  10. COPERNICUS 400

  11. This astronomer believed that the planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits and the sun is not the exact center of the orbits.

  12. KEPLER 500

  13. This astronomer believed that the other planets revolve around the sun, but that the sun and moon revolve around the Earth.

  14. BRAHE 600

  15. The moon is believed to have formed with a collision with this object.

  16. THE EARTH 100

  17. This lunar feature is formed from meteorite impacts.

  18. CRATERS 200

  19. How much of the moon is always lit up?

  20. HALF 300

  21. This phase follows a new moon.

  22. WAXING CRESCENT 400

  23. This phase follows a waning gibbous.

  24. LAST or THIRD QUARTER 500

  25. Apollo 11 landed in this cooled and hardened lava bed.

  26. MARE TRANQULITATIS or SEA OF TRANQUILITY 600

  27. Name all the planets in order starting with the closest to the sun.

  28. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune 100

  29. The Outer Planets’ atmosphere is __________.

  30. THICK 200

  31. The Inner Planets rotation is __________.

  32. SLOW 300

  33. Would you expect Jupiter to have a. long years and be cold b. short years and be warm

  34. a. long years and be cold 400

  35. Would Mercury be gaseous?

  36. NO 500

  37. Would Venus have a. rings and rapid rotationb. no rings and rapid rotationc. no rings and few moons

  38. c. no rings and few moons 600

  39. The darker part of the shadow in an eclipse.

  40. UMBRA 100

  41. A _________ eclipse takes place when the moon passes into a straight line between the Sun and the Earth.

  42. SOLAR 200

  43. This object has the greatest influence on the tides.

  44. MOON 300

  45. This type of eclipse is more frequent and lasts longer than the other.

  46. LUNAR 400

  47. Most seashores have this number of tides a day.

  48. 4 500

  49. IF YOU GET THUS CORRECT ANSWER, THE POINT VALUE FOR THIS QUESTION WILL BE DOUBLED!

  50. This type of tide happens twice a month during the new and full moon phases.

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