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Earth & Space Jeopardy. Final Jeopardy. Heavenly Bodies 100. You could have one of these named after you. ?. Heavenly Bodies 100. Comet. Heavenly Bodies 200. This is the reason we experience seasons. ?. Heavenly Bodies 200. Earth is tilted at 23.5 degrees. Heavenly Bodies 300.
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Earth & Space Jeopardy Final Jeopardy
Heavenly Bodies 100 You could have one of these named after you ?
Heavenly Bodies 100 • Comet
Heavenly Bodies 200 This is the reason we experience seasons ?
Heavenly Bodies 200 • Earth is tilted at 23.5 degrees
Heavenly Bodies 300 It appears to be a “shooting star”, but it hasn’t hit the Earth! ?
Heavenly Bodies 300 • Meteor
Heavenly Bodies400 Birthplace of stars, mostly just gas and dust ?
Heavenly Bodies400 • Nebulae
Heavenly Bodies500 This is the alignment of celestial bodies during a lunar eclipse ?
Heavenly Bodies500 • Sun, Earth, moon
“Sun” Stuff 100 The Sun is really just one of these ?
“Sun” Stuff 100 • A star
“Sun” Stuff 200 Daily Double It takes 8 minutes to get to Earth ?
“Sun” Stuff 200 • Sun’s rays (sunshine)
“Sun” Stuff 300 This region of the Sun is sandwiched between the core and ?
“Sun” Stuff 300 • Radiative zone
“Sun” Stuff 400 Causes Northern Lights and communication problems on Earth ?
“Sun” Stuff 400 • Solar wind
“Sun” Stuff 500 These are the two parts of the Sun’s atmosphere ?
“Sun” Stuff 500 • Corona and Chromosphere
Solar System 100 It’s the planet closest to the Sun ?
Solar System 100 • Mercury
Solar System 200 Name this planet ?
Solar System 200 • Mars
Solar System 300 This planet has the hottest surface temperature in our solar system ?
Solar System 300 • Venus
Solar System 400 What am I? ?
Solar System 400 • Asteroid belt
Solar System 500 This is the order of planets, beginning with the one closest to the Sun ?
Solar System 500 • Mercury • Venus • Earth • Mars • Jupiter • Saturn • Uranus • Neptune
Space Exploration 100 • Name of the U.S. moon program in the 1960’s ?
Space Exploration 100 • Apollo
Space Exploration 200 Daily Double Name of the first satellite in space, and the country which launched it. ?
Space Exploration 200 • Sputnik, • Russia
Space Exploration 300 He will command the ISS for 6 months beginning in 2012 ?
Space Exploration 300 • Col. Chris Hadfield
Space Exploration 400 Name of the mission which landed the first human on the moon; name of that person. ?
Space Exploration 400 • Apollo 11; • Neil Armstrong
Space Exploration 500 This is the name of NASA’s 2008 mission to collect dust from a passing comet ?
Space Exploration 500 • Stardust
Bits & Bites100 President who declared that the U.S. would land on the moon before 1970 ?
Bits & Bites100 • John F. Kennedy
Bits & Bites200 This is the end result of a super massive star ?
Bits & Bites200 • Black hole
Bits & Bites300 Explains why Mars sometimes moves from west to east ?
Bits & Bites300 • Retrograde motion
Bits & Bites400 Names of 3 of Canada’s contributions to the space program ?
Bits & Bites400 • Any of: Canadarm, astronauts, satellites (RADARSAT, ANIK), Canadian Space Agency, Mars Rover, etc.
Bits & Bites500 Name of one of the two Mars Rovers ?