1. 1-3 Review
Jeopardy!

2. Lessons1-3 Jeopardy
VOCABULARY
SEASONAL CHANGES
ROTATION
REVOLUTION
SEASONS
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3. This terms describes Earth (or any object) spinning on its axis.
VOCABULARY 100
This terms describes Earth (or any object) spinning on its axis.
What is rotation?

4. The scientific name for the North Star.
VOCABULARY 200
The scientific name for the North Star.
What is Polaris?

5. VOCABULARY 300
This occurs every four years due to Earth’s revolution not being exactly 365 days.
What is leap year?

6. VOCABULARY 400
This term describes the perspective of the observer in relation to an object.
What is point of view?

7. VOCABULARY 500
This term describes how radiant energy spreads out over a surface creating different temperatures.
What is beam spreading?

8. SEASONAL CHANGES 100
This is how long it takes Earth to change from one season to another due to its revolution.
What is three months?

9. What is June 21 or summer solstice?
SEASONAL CHANGES 200
This date marks the longest day of the year, when the Sun is highest in the sky, for the Northern Hemisphere.
What is June 21 or summer solstice?

10. SEASONAL CHANGES 300
This is how the seasons in the Northern Hemisphere are related to those in the Southern Hemisphere.
What is opposites?

11. SEASONAL CHANGES 400
This is the location on Earth that experiences the least amount of seasonal change (has consistent temperatures and day lengths).
What is the equator?

12. What is March and September?
SEASONAL CHANGES 500
These are the two months for the vernal and autumnal equinoxes.
What is March and September?

13. This is how long it takes Earth to rotate on its axis.
ROTATION 100
This is how long it takes Earth to rotate on its axis.
What is 24 hours or 1 day?

14. ROTATION 200
This describes the amount of the Earth that is illuminated at any one time.
What is half?

15. What is counterclockwise?
ROTATION 300
This is the direction the Earth rotates.
What is counterclockwise?

16. ROTATION 400
This is when Earth is faced away from the Sun and is in its own shadow.
What is night?

17. What is Earth’s counterclockwise rotation.
This is why the Sun appears to rise in the East and set in the West.
What is Earth’s counterclockwise rotation.

18. What is counterclockwise?
REVOLUTION 100
This is the direction the Earth revolves.
What is counterclockwise?

19. This is the length of Earth’s orbit around the Sun.
REVOLUTION 200
This is the length of Earth’s orbit around the Sun.
What is days or 1 year?

20. DAILY DOUBLE 300- REVOLUTION
This term describes the shape of Earth’s orbit.
What is circular?

21. What are December and January?
REVOLUTION 400
These are the two months when the Earth is just slightly closer to the Sun?
What are December and January?

22. This is the most common misconception about what causes seasons.
REVOLUTION 500
This is the most common misconception about what causes seasons.
What is Earth having an oval orbit – that Earth is closer to the Sun in summer?

23. This is the amount the Earth’s axis is tilted.
SEASONS - GENERAL 100
This is the amount the Earth’s axis is tilted.
What is 23.5 degrees?

24. SEASONS – GENERAL 200
This is the season in the Northern Hemisphere when it is tilted away from the Sun.
What is winter?

25. What is the summer solstice?
SEASONS - GENERAL 300
On this day of the year the Sun is at its highest solar angle and has the lowest beam spreading (for either hemisphere)?
What is the summer solstice?

26. What is Equinox- spring and fall (autumnal and vernal)?
SEASONS - GENERAL 400
This term describes when there are approximately equal amounts of day and night.
What is Equinox- spring and fall (autumnal and vernal)?

27. What is the South Pole experiences 24 hours of darkness?
SEASONS 500
This is unique about the South Pole during June and July.
What is the South Pole experiences 24 hours of darkness?

28. FINAL JEOPARDY!
These are the four factors that cause locations on Earth to experience seasons.
What are: Earth’s tilted axis, Earth’s revolution, changing daylength, and changing temperatures (due to solar angles/beam spreading)?