1. Unit 6 Jeopardy 1 20 30 40 50 Man in the Moon 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20
Terrific Time & Sensational Seasons
Great Gravity & Iconic Inertia
Cold Comets; Awesome Asteroids & Mighty Meteoroids
Phun Phases of the Moon 1 20 30 40 50 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50

2. A1
The Moon was formed around 4.6 billion years ago. It is believed that it formed when an object collided with early Earth and large amounts of mantle and crust was blown into space. What evidence supports this theory?
The gravity of the Earth and the Moon are balanced
The rocks on the Earth and the Moon are made of similar materials
The orbit of the Moon revolves around the Earth
All of the Above
Category

3. A2
Ocean tides are a direct result of the _________________ between the Moon and the Earth.
inertia
gravitational forces
orbits
eclipses
Category

4. A3 Look at the picture to the right.
What type of eclipse is being shown?
Solar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse
Partial Eclipse
Total Eclipse

5. A4 Which of the following is a true statement about the moon?
The moon completes a revolution around the Earth every 31 days.
The moon completes 10 phases during one cycle.
The moon is always closer to the Earth than the Sun.
None of these are true statements.

6. A5
What is the biggest difference between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse?
The position of the Sun.
The positions of the Earth and the Moon.
The tilt of Earth’s axis.
All of the Above

7. B1 A single rotation of the Earth is equivalent to one hour. one day.
one year.
one century.

8. B2
In order to make the day longer you would need to _______________ the rate of rotation. In order to make the day shorter you would need to _______________ the rate of rotation.
slow; increase
increase; slow
reverse; increase
slow, reverse

9. B3
Ancient cultures used the stars, the planets and the moon in order to mark the passage of time.
Why did they choose these celestial bodies to use in order to calculate time?
These events are cyclical in nature
The Romans used only these and passed them on through the spread of their empire
The Pope told followers of the Catholic faith to use these
These events were hard to track and were not used to calculate time

10. B4
The tilt of Earth’s axis relative to the sun affects which of the following?
The motion of the moon
The amount of direct sunlight and the seasons
The location of the Earth in its orbit
All of the Above

11. B5
The time that it takes for a planet to complete a revolution is based on which of the following?
The rotation speed of the planet
The distance from the Sun.
The number of moons that the planet has.
The size and mass of the planet.

12. C1
The side of the Earth closest to the Moon will cause water to bulge due to ______________, while water on the opposite side of the Earth will also bulge, but due to ________________.
rotation, gravity
gravity, inertia
inertia, gravity
inertia, rotation

13. C2
A celestial body is able to stay in motion while maintaining speed and direction due to
orbit
gravity
inertia
eclipse

14. C3
If one was able to decrease the mass of two planets and increase the distance between those two planets then the gravitational force would
stay the same.
increase.
decrease.
increase at first and then decrease quickly.

15. C4 An orbit is able to exist due to which of the following? eclipses
gravity
mass
distance

16. C5
As the distance between two celestial bodies increases the gravitational force will
remain unchanged.
become stronger.
become weaker.
equal that of the moon.

17. D1 A meteorite is best defined as
a streak of light caused by a meteoroid entering the Earth’s atmosphere.
a small, rocky body orbiting in space.
a meteoroid that survives the atmosphere and strikes the Earth.
a small celestial body made of ice, rocky particles and cosmic dust.

18. D2 Comets are identified as either short period or long period.
What is this identification based upon?
The type of tail.
Composition of the nucleus
Length of time to complete its orbit
Direction in which it travels

19. D3 What is located in between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
The Oort Cloud
The Asteroid Belt
The Meteoroid Belt
The Comet Zone

20. D4
A meteor is a streak of light observed when a meteoroid enters the Earth’s atmosphere which is a result of
the reflected sunlight off of the metals found in the meteoroid.
the energy released by radioactive materials.
the static electricity causing lightening to occur.
the visible light produced due to the friction and heat.

21. D5 What are the two main parts that make up a comet?
Ion Tail; Dust Tail
Nucleus; Tail
Tail; Ice
Ice; Gases

22. E1
The Last Quarter Moon occurs about _________ days after a full moon and can be described as a ________________________.
3; concave shape
7; convex shape
7; half moon shape
14; convex shape

23. E2 Which of the following correctly orders the phases of the Moon?
New Moon, Last Quarter Moon, Full Moon, First Quarter Moon
Last Quarter Moon, Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter Moon
New Moon, First Quarter Moon, Full Moon, Last Quarter Moon
Full Moon, First Quarter Moon, New Moon, Last Quarter Moon

24. E3 Look at the picture to the right.
What type of moon phase would be represented by the Moon ‘A’?
A New Moon
A First Quarter Moon
A Full Moon
A Waxing Gibbous Moon A

25. E4
Look at the picture to the left. Identify what type of moon phase is being represented.
A Waxing Crescent Moon
A Waxing Gibbous Moon
A Waning Crescent Moon
A Waning Gibbous Moon

26. E5 What phase of the moon follows the First Quarter Moon? The New Moon
The Waning Crescent
The Waxing Gibbous
The Waning Gibbous