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Final Jeopardy

Science

Galaxies

$100 Question from Theories

How old is Earth?

$100 Answer from Theories

4.6 Billion years old

$200 Question from Theories

What is the most widely accepted theory about the Moon’s formation?

$200 Answer from Theories

Impact theory: a collision between Earth and another object 4.5 billion years ago, ejecting Earth’s outer layers, creating the moon.

$300 Question from Theories

What is the Big Bang?

$300 Answer from Theories

Theory that suggests theOrigin and evolution of the Universe

$400 Question from Theories

How old is the sun?

$400 Answer from Theories

5 billion years old

$500 Question from Theories

How was the Sun formed?

$500 Answer from TheoriesA cloud of gas and dust collapse and fuse together due to gravity

$100 Question from Galaxies

What type of galaxy is the milky way?

$100 Answer from Galaxies

Spiral

$200 Question from Galaxies

What type of Galaxy is shown inthis picture?

$200 Answer Galaxies

Spiral

$300 Question Galaxies

What type of galaxy is shownin this picture?

$300 Answer Galaxies

Elliptical

$400 Question from Galaxies

Explain a black hole.

$400 Answer from Galaxies

A region of space packed tightly withMatter and gravity that nothing evenLight can escape.

$500 Question from Galaxies

Name AND describe all three types of galaxies.

$500 Answer Galaxies

Spiral – Pinwheel shapedElliptical – Football shapedIrregular – No particular shape

$100 Question from General Astro Q’s

What is the difference between rotation and revolution?

$100 Answer from General Astro Q’s

Rotation is one spin around Earth’s axis (one day)Revolution is one trip around the sun (one year)

$200 Question from General Astro Q’s

What is an aurora?

$200 Answer from General Astro Q’s

The result of the particles from the Sun colliding with the gases in Earth’s magnetic field. Results in brilliant colors

$300 Question from General Astro Q’s

What direction does Earth rotate?

$300 Answer from General Astro Q’s

Counter-clockwise

$400 Question from General Astro Q’s

What is the difference in a waxing moon and a waning moon?

$400 Answer from General Astro Q’s

A waxing moon is increasing in light. A waning moon in decreasing in light.

$500 Question from General Astro Q’s

Describe the orbit of the Earth.

$500 Answer from General Astro Q’s

Aphelion-longest distance of a planetFrom the sun(foci)Perihelion-smallest distance of a planetFrom the sun(foci)Ellipse-shape of orbit (stretched circle)

$100 Question from Stars

What type of star is our sun?

$100 Answer from Stars

Main Sequence

$200 Question from Stars

What does a star become as it begins to die and cool down?

$200 Answer from Stars

White dwarf

$300 Question from Stars

On the H-R Diagram, which typeof star is hottest? What color does it burn?

$300 Answer from Stars

Main sequence; blue

$400 Question from Stars

Name the 5 types of stars.

$400 Answer from Stars

Supergiants, Giants, Main Sequence, White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars

$500 Question from Stars

What chemical reaction as abyproduct produces energyfor stars?

$500 Answer from Stars

Fusion

$100 Question from Seasons/moon

What is it called when the length ofday and night are equal?

$100 Answer from Seasons/moon

Equinox

$200 Question from Seasons/moon

What occurs when the moon movesdirectly between the sun and Earth andthrows a shadow on Earth?

$200 Answer from Seasons/moon

Solar Eclipse

$300 Question from Seasons/moon

Name the 4 seasons and their startDates.

$300 Answer from Seasons/moon

Spring-03/21(2)Winter-12/21(2) Summer-06 /21(2)Fall-09 /21(2)

$400 Question from Seasons/moon

Why do seasons occur?

$400 Answer from Seasons/moon

Tilt of the earth + shape of earth=Different anglesAt which the sun’s rays hit the earth

$500 Question from Seasons/moon

Contrast lunar and solar eclipse.

$500 Answer from Seasons/moon

Solar Eclipse – Moon travels between Earth and Sun, blocking out the sun.Lunar Eclipse – Earth travels between Sun and Moon, creating a shadow on the moon, blocking it out.

Final Jeopardy

Name the phases of the moon in order andDescribe what side is lit-up.

Final Jeopardy Answer

New moon-nothing is illuminated1st quarter-1/2 right side illuminated (waxing)Full moon-all of the moon is illuminated3rd/last quarter-left ½ side is illuminated (waning)Waning crescent-left side crescent is illuminated