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What is the Mare? A 100

Dark spots on the Moon A 100

Where are the older rocks on the moon located, on the mare or lunar highlands? A 200

Lunar Highlands A 200

Which phase of the moon comes directly after the Full Moon? A 300

Waning Gibbous A 300

Which phase of the moon comes directly after the Waxing Crescent? A 400

First quarter A 400

Which phase of the moon comes directly after the Waning Crescent? A 500

New Moon. A 500

Which phase of the moon comes directly before the third quarter? B 100

Waning Gibbous B 100

Why does the moon experience different phases? B 200

As the moon orbits Earth we can see different portions of the lighted side of the moon. B 200

List all eight phases of the moon beginning with the new moon. B 300

New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent. B 300

B 400 When viewed from Earth, which phase of the Moon will be seen when the Moon is at point E?

Full Moon B 400

Why does the Earth’s ocean’s experience tides? B 500

Because of the pull of the moon’s gravitation pull B 500

If you were to stand on the beach for a 24 hour period of time, how many high tides would you see, and how many low tides would you see? C 100

2 high tides, and 2 low tides. C 100

What does NASA stand for? C 200

National Aeronautics and Space Administration C 200

What are the three different kinds of telescopes? C 300

Reflecting, Refracting and Radio telescopes C 300

DAILY DOUBLE C 400 DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager

Why does the Hubble telescope produce better images than telescopes that are on Earth? C 400

Because it orbits the Earth and therefore isn’t affected by the Earth’s atmosphere. C 400

Name the four spacecrafts that NASA uses to explore space? C 500

Flyby, orbiter, lander, probe. C 500

What are flybys used for? D 100

Fly by an object and take pictures.. (data) D 100

How are orbiters used to study space? D 200

They are sent to planets to orbit for longer periods of time and to map out the surface as well as collect other data D 200

How are landers different from the other technologies that NASA uses to explore space? D 300

They actually land on and explore the surface of the planet. D 300

Which type of mission often involves collecting and testing samples from a planet’s surface? D 400

Lander D 400

What spacecraft is best used to study the atmosphere of a planet? D 500

Probes D 500

Which astronomer originally declared that the Earth was at the center of the solar system and everything revolved around it? E 100

Claudius Ptolemy E 100

E 200 Who improved the telescope, charted the moon surface and discovered four moons of Jupiter?

Galileo Galilei E 200

Who in 1687 published the laws of universal gravitation E 300

Sir Issac Newton E 300

Who claimed that the Sun was the center of the solar system and that the earth was spinning on it’s axis? E 400

Nicolaus Copernicus E 400

What German astronomer discovered that the planets move elliptical? E 500

Johannes Kepler E 500

F 100 The galaxy that Earth is in is called the _________________.

Milky Way F 100

What does it mean for the Moon to be in a Gibbous phase? F 200

More than half of the near side is in sunlight. F 200

This planet also has rings, but lie on its side so the rings go around it vertically. F 300

Uranus F 300

When is the Sun highest in the sky near the North Pole? F 400

on or around June 21. F 400

This planet is blue because it is mostly made of a gas called methane. F 500

Neptune F 500

The Final Jeopardy Category is: What goes up, must come down, or does it really? Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin

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