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Jeopardy

Jeopardy. Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin. Click here for Final Jeopardy. Astronomers. Orbital Motion. Seasons. Eclipses. Tides. Sun and Planets. 10. 10. 10. 10. 10. 10. 20. 20. 20. 20. 20. 20. 30.

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Jeopardy

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

  2. Click here for Final Jeopardy

  3. Astronomers Orbital Motion Seasons Eclipses Tides Sun and Planets 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50 50

  4. A model of the universe in which the earth is at the center

  5. What is… Geocentric?

  6. The two astronomers who “discovered“ the heliocentric system

  7. Who are… Copernicus and Aristarchus?

  8. This ancient Greek/Roman from Alexandria came up with a complex system where planets orbited in small circles while revolving around the Earth in a larger circle

  9. Who is Ptolemy?

  10. He’s known for proposing that the orbits of the planets were oval, or elliptical.

  11. Who is… Kepler?

  12. His telescopic observations of the phases of Venus and 4 moons of Jupiter confirmed the heliocentric system.

  13. Who is… Galileo?

  14. The orbital motion of planets is a balance between gravity and this.

  15. What is… Inertia?

  16. If the sun and its gravitational force disappeared Venus would do this.

  17. What is… Travel in a straight line, at a constant speed?

  18. The two factors that affect the force of gravity between all objects

  19. What is… Mass (great mass = greater gravity) and distance (less distance = greater gravity)?

  20. This is the Earth’s natural satellite.

  21. What is … The moon?

  22. Planets closest to the sun have orbital speeds much __ than those of outer planets

  23. What is… Faster?

  24. The 2 reasons Earth has seasons.

  25. What are… Earth’s tilted axis and its revolution around the sun?

  26. They occur in March and September.

  27. What are… Equinoxes?

  28. The sun is directly overhead at this latitude line, at noon on Darien’s summer solstice.

  29. What is… The Tropic of Cancer?(23.5 degrees N)

  30. The rays of the sun get more and more indirect and the days get shorter as the seasons go from __ to __

  31. What are… Summer to fall / fall to winter?

  32. The number of rotations the Earth makes during 1 revolution

  33. What is… 365.25?

  34. You have to be in this to see a total solar eclipse

  35. What is… The moon’s umbra?

  36. Occurs when the moon is directly between the earth and the sun

  37. What is… Solar Eclipse?

  38. The phase of the moon the night of a lunar eclipse

  39. What is… Full?

  40. The type of tide that happens during an eclipse

  41. What is… Spring Tide?

  42. Sun’s halo visible only during a total solar eclipse

  43. What is… The Corona?

  44. The tidal range if the low tide is at 1 m and the high tide is at 7 m.

  45. What is… 6m?

  46. The type of tide that is approaching on Nov 8:

  47. What is… Spring?

  48. The phase of moon that is approaching on Nov 8:

  49. What is… Full / New?

  50. The relative positions of Earth, Moon, and Sun that occur during a neap tide.

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