Jeopardy: Astronomy

Newton’s Laws and Gravity Astronomy Planets The Moon Newton’s Laws and Gravity Stars Day, Night, & Seasons Vocabulary 100 200 300 400 Final Jeopardy!!

Planets 100 What keeps all of the planets orbiting the sun? Gravity!

Planets 200 Which planet is known for its large, beautiful rings? Saturn

Planets 300 A very unique feature of the planet Jupiter. A red spot that scientists believe is a large storm

Planets 400 Compare and contrast Mercury and Venus Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, but Venus is hotter and brighter

The Moon 100 The pull of the moon’s gravity What causes tides on Earth? The pull of the moon’s gravity

The Moon 200 Waxing = getting bigger/brighter (Increasing) Explain the meaning of “waxing” and “waning”. Waxing = getting bigger/brighter (Increasing) Waning = getting smaller/less bright (decreasing)

The Moon 300 What kind of eclipse is shown below? Solar Eclipse

The Moon 400 Which moon phase is shown below? Half moon

Newton’s Laws 100 What is “an attractive force between two objects that grows greater as the objects move closer to each other”? Gravity

Newton’s Laws 200 Which of Newton’s laws is “an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force; an object at rest will stay at rest”? Newton’s First Law

Newton’s Laws 300 What is Newton’s Second Law? The bigger an object, the more force needed to move it (Force = Mass X Acceleration)

Newton’s Laws 400 What is Newton’s 3rd Law? Every action will have an equal and opposite reaction

Stars 100 What is the birthplace of stars? Nebula

Stars 200 What element is produced when two hydrogen atoms combine? Helium

Stars 300 What is a black hole? A collapsed/dead star; it produces so much gravity that not even light can escape it

Stars 400 What is found in the center of distant galaxies? They are caused by giant black holes and are very bright. Quasar

Day, Night, Seasons 100 What causes night and day on Earth? The Earth’s rotation

Day, Night, Seasons 200 The length of Earth’s revolution around the sun. 365.25 days or 1 year

Day, Night, Seasons 300 What causes seasons on Earth? Because the Earth’s axis is tilted (23.5 degrees), and the Earth revolves around the Sun.

Name the season felt in Colorado Day, Night, Seasons 400 Name the season felt in Colorado Summer (because the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun)

What word means for an object to spins on its axis? Vocabulary 100 What word means for an object to spins on its axis? rotation

Vocabulary 200 What word means “when one object moves around another”? Revolution

Vocabulary 300 What is a light-year? The distance that a ray of light can travel in one year

Define galaxy Vocabulary 400 A large group of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity.

Final Jeopardy List the planets in order from the sun and away from the sun (backwards) In order from the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Backwards: Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury