Astronomy Jeopardy
Categories Earth Moon Planets Grab Bag 100 200 300 400 500 Universe Click to exit Categories Earth Moon Planets Universe Grab Bag 100 200 300 400 500
Earth - 100 What causes seasons?
Earth - 100 The tilt and revolution of the earth.
Earth - 200 What is the reason we see different constellations in different seasons?
Earth - 200 Earth revolution around the sun.
Earth - 300 What are day and night evidence of?
Earth - 300 Earth’s rotation
Earth - 400 What degree latitude do the suns rays hit directly on March 21?
Earth - 400 Zero degrees, the equator.
Earth - 500 What is the spiral motion of fluids in the atmosphere and ocean that demonstrates earth’s rotation called? What direction do they spin in the northern hemisphere?
Earth - 500 The Coriolis effect. Spin to the right in northern hemisphere
Moon - 100 What causes tides?
Moon - 100 The gravitational pull of the moon.
Moon - 200 What is it called when the moon’s shadow falls on earth?
Moon - 200 A solar eclipse
Moon - 300 What is the approximate length of time for a lunar month of phases.
Moon - 300 29.5 days.
Moon - 400 At what time does the full moon rise? At what time does the full moon set?
Moon - 400 Full moon rises at 6 pm (sunset) Full moon sets at 6 am (sunrise)
Moon - 500 What phase of the moon is this? On what day of the lunar cycle does it occur?
Moon - 500 Waning crescent Day 22-27
Planets - 100 What planet is this?
Planets - 100 Mars.
Planets - 200 What planet has a runaway greenhouse effect?
Planets - 200 Venus
Planets - 300 Name the Jovian planets in order from the sun
Planets - 300 Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Planets - 400 What is the apparent backing up or looping of a planet as viewed from earth caused by earth passing the planet in it’s orbit? Daily Double
Planets - 400 Retrograde motion
Planets - 500 Which planet’s day is longer than its year?
Planets - 500 Venus
What will a medium sized star like our sun end its life as? Universe - 100 What will a medium sized star like our sun end its life as?
Universe - 100 A white dwarf
Universe - 200 What is this?
Universe - 200 A comet.
Which group on the HR diagram does the sun belong too? Universe - 300 Which group on the HR diagram does the sun belong too?
Universe - 300 The main sequence.
What is the evidence that the universe is expanding?
Most galaxies are red-shifted (moving away from us) Universe - 400 Most galaxies are red-shifted (moving away from us)
Universe - 500 How old is the universe?
Universe - 500 About 15 billion years
Grab Bag - 100 What are the two possible fates for a massive star following a super nova?
Grab Bag - 100 A black hole or a neutron star.
Grab Bag -200 Seasons, moon phases, and tides are examples of what type of change?
Grab Bag - 200 Cyclic change.
Grab Bag - 300 In what model do the sun and the planets revolve around the earth?
Grab Bag - 300 Geocentric.
Grab Bag - 400 What is the altitude of Polaris in Massena, New York?
Grab Bag - 400 45 degrees above the horizon.
Grab Bag - 500 The compressing of light waves as a source of light moves towards the observer is what?
Grab Bag - 500 The blue shift or Doppler effect.
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