Jeopardy TelescopesSatellites Probes/ Rovers Rockets Terraforming Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Telescopes What is the purpose of an optical telescopes?

$100 Answer from Telescopes To use lenses/mirrors to gather and focus light to provide a magnified view.

$200 Question from Telescopes What is the purpose of a non optical telescope?

$200 Answer from Telescopes To view wavelengths of objects in space that produce energy that is not visible to the human eye.

$300 Question from Telescopes What do refracting telescopes use to gather and focus light to provide a magnified view?

$300 Answer from Telescopes Lenses.

$400 Question from Telescopes What do reflecting telescopes use to collect light and project the image to an eyepiece lens for the viewer?

$400 Answer from Telescopes What is… a series of mirrors.

$500 Question from Telescopes Name some objects in space that are not visible to the human eye.

$500 Answer from Telescopes X-rays, gamma rays, and radio waves.

$100 Question from Satellites What is the definition of satellite?

$100 Answer from Satellites Any body that orbits around another body in space?

$200 Question from Satellites Give an example of an artificial satellite?

$200 Answer from Satellites Our moon orbiting around Earth.

$300 Question from Satellites Satellites used for communications that tend to be stationary above a fixed point on Earth is called…?

$300 Answer from Satellites Geosynchronous orbit.

$400 Question from Satellites Name some purposes of satellites that help our everyday life…

$400 Answer from Satellites The weather report, watching tv, surfing the web or using the phone.

$500 Question from Satellites What does remote sensing mean?

$500 Answer from Satellites A technique of collecting information about Earth from satellites, aerial photographs or other means by “sensing” the planet from above.

$100 Question from Probes/ Rovers What is the purpose of a probe?

$100 Answer from Probes/ Rovers travel millions of kilometres, carrying scientific instruments to analyze distant objects in space.

$200 Question from Probes/ Rovers Which planets have been visited by probes?

$200 Answer from Probes/ Rovers Every planet in our solar system Has been visited by a probe.

$300 Question from Probes/ Rovers What is the purpose of a rover?

$300 Answer from Probes/ Rovers to carry out tests that humans would otherwise make.

$400 Question from Probes/ Rovers What are probes/ rovers able to transmit back to Earth?

$400 Answer from Probes/ Rovers Pictures and data information

$500 Question from Probes/ Rovers What were the two most successful American probes? And what were the latest rovers to explore another planet?

$500 Answer from Probes/ Rovers Two of the most successful American space probes have been Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 The latest rovers to explore another planet are twins called Spirit and Opportunity.

$100 Question from Rockets What is the purpose of a rocket?

$100 Answer from Rockets A rocket is a system used for transporting materials and astronauts into space.

$200 Question from Rockets What is the force that pushes against a rocket and forces it to move called?

$200 Answer from Rockets Thrust

$300 Question from Rockets What is most of a rockets body filled with to create thrust?

$300 Answer from Rockets Explosive fuels that combine.

$400 Question from Rockets What part of the rocket produces thrust?

$400 Answer from Rockets The propulsion system.

$500 Question from Rockets What are the four main systems of a rocket?

$500 Answer from Rockets Structural (the frame), payload, guidance, and propulsion

$100 Question from Terraforming What is the definition of terraforming?

$100 Answer from Terraforming Terraforming is the idea that an extraterrestrial environment, such as Mars, could be transformed into an Earth-like biosphere that humans could inhabit.

$200 Question from Terraforming Which planet is it most possible for terraforming to be a possibility?

$200 Answer from Terraforming Mars

$300 Question from Terraforming Why is it very unlikely for Mars to be an Earth like planet?

$300 Answer from Terraforming It would have to be transformed into an Earth like biosphere, and it would be extremely costly.

$400 Question from Terraforming What is the process needed in the terraforming of Mars?

$400 Answer from Terraforming The process of terraforming Mars would require creating large natural systems such as a water cycle and plant life to generate and maintain an atmosphere like Earth’s.

$500 Question from Terraforming What do most scientists say about Mars transforming into an earth like biosphere?

$500 Answer from Terraforming. Most scientists argue that because Mars was not large enough to hold its original atmosphere, it would not be able to maintain a newly created atmosphere.

Final Jeopardy What did you learn?

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