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Jeopardy. Earth Science Edition. Astronomy. Rocky remnant of early solar system found between Mars & Jupiter. A: Asteroids. A large system of stars held together by mutual gravitation . A: Galaxy. Wobble in Earth's rotational axis. A: Precession.

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Earth Science Edition

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  1. Jeopardy Earth Science Edition

  2. Astronomy

  3. Rocky remnant of early solar system found between Mars & Jupiter • A: Asteroids

  4. A large system of stars held together by mutual gravitation • A: Galaxy

  5. Wobble in Earth's rotational axis • A: Precession

  6. Process in which heavy atomic nuclei split into smaller, lighter nuclei • A: Fission

  7. The center of mass  of two or more bodies orbiting around each other • A: Barycenter

  8. How old is the universe • A: 13.7 billion years

  9. The Big Bang came from one spot called a ____________ • A: Singularity

  10. What did Hubble discover about the stars which lead to the Big Bang Theory? • A: The stars were getting further away. The universe is expanding

  11. Stars and planets form from clouds of gas and dust called what? • A: Interstellar clouds

  12. Solid and gas particles formed solid bodies called what? _____ • Planetesimals

  13. What is the sun made of? • A: Hydrogen and Helium

  14. What does a change in sunspots create • A: climate change – mini ice age

  15. What occurs in the center of the sun. • A: Fusion

  16. How long does it take our solar system to move around the Milky Way • A: 250 million years

  17. How long did it take to create our solar system? • A: 10 million years

  18. What causes our seasons? • A: tilt of the axis

  19. What causes the earth to be wider than tall? • A: due to the centrifugal force of its rotation

  20. What is Keplers 1st law of motion? • A: Planets move in an elliptical path • around the Sun.

  21. What is Kepler’s 2nd law of motion? • A: Planets move faster when they are closer to the sun and slower when they are farther away.

  22. What is Keplers 3rd law of motion? • A: Planets that are more distant from the sun, take longer to orbit the sun.

  23. What are the small interruptions in the precession of the Earth • A: Nutation

  24. How old is the moon? • A: 4.5 billion years

  25. What is it called when the moon is between the Earth and the Sun • A: New Moon

  26. What planet crashed into Earth to create the moon? • A: Thea

  27. What is it called when our vision of the moon is decreasing? • A: Waning

  28. How cold and how hot is the moon? • A: 273 degrees Fahrenheit • -243 degrees Fahrenheit

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