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Start Game Welcome to Astronomy Jeopardy!

100 1Earth Ga me Boa rd Final Stops music Board fill 100 Moon Life Cycle TheoryGalaxy Sun

R1C1 15,000,000 degrees timer

R1C1A What is the temperature of the sun’s core? timer 100

R2C1 150,000,000 timer

R2C1A How many kilometers in one A.U.? (distance from Eart to Sun) timer 200

R3C1 109 Eart diameters timer

R3C1A What is the diameter of the Sun (measured in Earts)? timer 300

R4C1 These two elements make up the sun and perform fusion. timer

R4C1A What are Hydrogen and Helium (H and He)? timer 400

R5C1 This is why Venus is hotter than Mercury. timer

R5C1A timer 500 What is an extremely thick atmosphere of CO2?

R1C2 He first published the Heliocentric theory. timer

R1C2A Who is Copernicus? timer 100

R2C2 This causes the Eart’s seasons. timer

R2C2A What is axial tilt? timer 200

R3C2 This is the degree to which Eart is tilted. timer

R3C2A What is 23.5? timer 300

R4C2 This is the number one reason why Eart has life and other planets don’t (that we know of). timer

R4C2A What is LIQUID, SURFACE, WATER? timer 400

R5C km/hr timer

R5C2A What is Eart’s rotational speed? timer 500

R1C3 This is why the moon has less gravity than the Eart. timer

R1C3A What is less mass? timer 100

R2C3 He discovered the 4 moons of Jupiter. timer

R2C3A Who is Galileo? timer 200

DD Neptune’s moon that revolves in retrograde. timer

R3C3A What is Ceres? timer 300

R4C3 This is what causes really high tides. timer

R4C3A What is Eart, moon, and the sun all lined up in a 180 degree line? timer 400

R5C3 This is the phase immediately following waxing gibbous. timer

R5C3A What is a full moon? timer 500

Daily Double Place wager Press to show clue

R1C4 This is what our star will eventually become. timer

R1C4-PICT timer What is a red giant or white dwarf?

R1C4A Even Bigfoot has to follow the math of a parabolic path when a projectile timer 100

R2C4 This is what the largest of stars will become when they die. timer

R2C4A What is a black hole? timer 200

R3C4 This is where iron comes from. timer

R3C4A What is the core of a supergiant star? (supernova) timer 300

R4C4 This is what produces energy in a star. timer

R4C4A What is nuclear fusion? timer 400

R5C4 This stage marks the birth of a new star. timer

R5C4A What is a protostar? timer 500

R1C5 He used a telescope to see Jupiter’s moons and our moon. timer

R1C5A Who is Galileo? timer 100

R2C5 His model puts the Eart in the center of everything. timer

R2C5A Who is Ptolemy? timer 200

R3C5 This person described our orbit mathematically as an ellipse. timer

R3C5A Who is Kepler? timer 300

R4C5 He described the laws of gravity and inertia and invented calculus. timer

R4C5A Who is Newton? timer 400

R5C5 He discovered that the galaxies were moving away from each other, very quickly! timer

R5C5A Who is Hubble? timer 500

R1C6 This term describes the change when things are moving away at high speed. timer

R1C6-PICT timer What is Red Shift?

R1C6A Sorry! Try again! timer 100

R2C6 Of Universe, galaxy, star, nebula, this is the smallest. timer

R2C6A What is a star? timer 200

R3C6 Penzias and Wilson discovered this and found evidence of the Big Bang. timer

R3C6A What is Background Radiation? timer 300

R4C6 This effect is what causes light or sound waves to change frequency depending on speed. timer

R4C6A What is the Doppler effect? timer 400

R5C6 This piece of technology has taken us to the outer reaches of the universe (we think). timer

R5C6A What is the Hubble Telescope? timer 500

Daily Double Place wager Press to show clue

Daily Double Clue This is the name of the largest asteroid in the belt.

Final Jeopardy Mr. Paige Show Clue Place Wagers and then press

Final Jeopar dy Clue Click mouse to start timer Where can this extremely cool saying (to Mr. Paige) be found? Click to hearClick to hear. Click to hear

Final Answer The Wonder Pets! timer

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Notes to User All rights reserved. ©1999, 2002, 2006, 2007 Author: Daryl L Taylor Greenwich HS, Greenwich CT

Notes to User Press to end the SlideShow. To enter your topics, CLICK in the TOPIC TEXT BOX on the slide called Game Board. To enter your “clues”, select VIEW… SLIDE from the menu bar. Use the ELEVATOR bar at the right to select the appropriate ROW and COLUMN which are designated as R#C#. (ex: R2C3) CLICK in the text box to enter your answer. Repeat.

Note to User Repeat the process for your Daily Double and Final Jeopardy clues. If you’re feeling adventurous, you can change the Hyperlink of one of the Game board buttons to take you to the Daily Double page. To do this, HIGHLIGHT the text of the value (400, 500, etc.) of the Row & Column you wish to assign to the Daily Double.

Note to User Once the text has been highlighted (selected) click on the HYPERLINK button on the toolbar. (A dialog box will ask you to save at this time - select NO.) A dialog box will come up. Place the cursor in the second text window (or use the TAB key) called Press the BROWSE button and navigate to the Daily Double slide. Press OK on each dialog box.

Note to User To start game, Go to the GAME BOARD page (page 1) and select VIEW…SLIDE SHOW. When the topic and value are requested by the player, use the CURSOR to select the appropriate button. When the question has been answered, use the cursor to press the home key in the lower right hand corner.

Topic 1 Topic 2 Topic 3 Topic 4 Ga me Boa rdD emo On the Game Board Click Here to add TOPIC TITLES