GMAS Jeopardy Second Semester

Astronomy Earth, Sun, Moon Tides Hydrology Meteorology Conservation $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Double Jeopardy

What two things cause Earth’s seasons? ANSWER Astronomy $100

Astronomy $100 What two things cause Earth’s seasons? What is Earth’s revolution around the Sun and Earth’s tilt? HOME Astronomy $100

Astronomy $200 What are the planets in order starting at the sun? ANSWER Astronomy $200

Astronomy $200 What are the planets in order starting at the sun? What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune? HOME Astronomy $200

How long does it take the Earth to make 1 complete rotation? ANSWER Astronomy for $300

How long does it take the Earth to make 1 complete rotation? What is 24 hours or 1 day? HOME Astronomy for $300

Astronomy $400 What model of the universe did Copernicus create? ANSWER Astronomy $400

Astronomy $400 What model of the universe did Copernicus create? What is the heliocentric model? HOME Astronomy $400

Which direction does a comet’s tail point? ANSWER Astronomy $500

Astronomy $500 Which direction does a comet’s tail point? What is away from the Sun? HOME Astronomy $500

Why do we observe the moon in different parts of the sky depending upon the time of day or night? ANSWER Earth, Sun, Moon $100

Why do we observe the moon in different parts of the sky depending upon the time of day or night? What is the Earth and moon are both rotating and revolving? HOME Earth, Sun, Moon $100

What order are the Moon, Sun, and Earth during a lunar eclipse? ANSWER Earth, Sun, Moon $200

What order are the Moon, Sun, and Earth during a lunar eclipse? What is Sun, Earth, and Moon? HOME Earth, Sun, Moon $200

What is the next moon phase? ANSWER Earth, Sun, Moon $300

Earth, Sun, Moon $300 What is the next moon phase? What is a waxing gibbous? HOME Earth, Sun, Moon $300

What can people from Earth see during the first and last quarter phases? ANSWER Earth, Sun, Moon $400

What can people from Earth see during the first and last quarter phases? What is half of the Moon’s lit surface HOME Earth, Sun, Moon $400

How is it possible that the moon can block out the sun during a solar eclipse? ANSWER Earth, Sun, Moon $500

How is it possible that the moon can block out the sun during a solar eclipse? What is the Sun is 400 times bigger, but the moon is 400 times closer so they appear to be the same size? HOME Earth, Sun, Moon $500

How many tide changes do we have in 1 day? ANSWER Tides $100

Tides $100 How many tide changes do we have in 1 day? What is four? HOME Tides $100

What causes tides? ANSWER Tides $200

Tides $200 What causes tides? What is the moon’s gravitational pull and to a lesser degree the Sun’s? HOME Tides $200

What is the lowest high tide called? ANSWER Tides $300

Tides $300 What is the lowest high tide called? What is a neap tide? HOME Tides $300

Where does high tide occur? ANSWER Tides $400

Tides $400 Where does high tide occur? What is on the side of the Earth facing the moon and the opposite side? HOME Tides $400

What causes spring tide to be the highest high tide? ANSWER Tides $500

Tides $500 What causes spring tide to be the highest high tide? What is the Sun works with the moon to create a larger bulge? HOME Tides $500

Hydrology $100 97.2% of the water on Earth is what type of water? ANSWER Hydrology $100

Hydrology $100 97.2% of the water on Earth is what type of water? What is salt water? HOME Hydrology $100

Hydrology $200 What is the name for an underwater mountain range? ANSWER Hydrology $200

Hydrology $200 What is the name for an underwater mountain range? What is a mid-ocean ridge? HOME Hydrology $200

If there were a slight increase in the amount of solar energy that reached the Earth, there would be an immediate increase in what? ANSWER Hydrology $300

If there were a slight increase in the amount of solar energy that reached the Earth, there would be an immediate increase in what? What is evaporation? HOME Hydrology $300

What causes surface currents to flow in predictable patterns: clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere? And what is this phenomenon called? ANSWER Hydrology $400

What causes surface currents to flow in predictable patterns: clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere? And what is this phenomenon called? What is Earth’s rotation? What is the Coriolis Effect? HOME Hydrology $400

Hydrology $500 What are the two main causes of deep ocean currents? ANSWER Hydrology $500

Hydrology $500 What are the two main causes of deep ocean currents? What are differences in temperature and salinity? HOME Hydrology $500

Which climate zone is Georgia located in? ANSWER Meteorology $100

Meteorology $100 Which climate zone is Georgia located in? What is the temperate climate zone? HOME Meteorology $100

Meteorology $200 What effect does El Nino have on us in Georgia? ANSWER Meteorology $200

Meteorology $200 What effect does El Nino have on us in Georgia? What is wetter weather? HOME Meteorology $200

In which climate is there a higher rate of evaporation, therefore saltier oceans? ANSWER Meteorology $300

In which climate is there a higher rate of evaporation, therefore saltier oceans? What is the tropical climate zone? HOME Meteorology $300

Which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur in? ANSWER Meteorology for $400

Which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur in? What is the troposphere? HOME Meteorology for $400

What happens at dew point? ANSWER Meteorology $500

Meteorology $500 What happens at dew point? What is water vapor condenses back into a liquid? HOME Meteorology $500

What are three ways we can conserve soil? ANSWER Conservation $100

Conservation $100 What are three ways we can conserve soil? What is cover crops, crop rotation, contour plowing, strip planting, terrace farming, and mulching? HOME Conservation $100

What is it important to conserve non- renewable natural resources? ANSWER Conservation $200

What is it important to conserve non- renewable natural resources? What is once they are gone it takes millions of years to make more? HOME Conservation $200

Conservation $300 What are three examples of renewable resources? ANSWER Conservation $300

Conservation $300 What are three examples of renewable resources? What are wood, animals, air, sun, water, what, biomass, and wind? HOME Conservation $300

Name three greenhouse gases? ANSWER Conservation $400

Conservation $400 Name three greenhouse gases? What are carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and methane? HOME Conservation $400

What is the Greenhouse Effect? ANSWER Conservation $500

Conservation $500 What is the Greenhouse Effect? What is the layer of greenhouse gases that form a thermal blanket around Earth, absorbing the Sun’s radiation, and causing global warming? HOME Conservation $500

Explain the steps of how to find the mass of an cellphone Double Jeopardy