1. JEOPARDY Sky Science click here to PLAY Created by Lynne M. Bailey
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2. Planets
The Moon
Heavenly Objects
Star Power
Day and Night Seasons
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3. What is the 3rd planet from the Sun?
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4. Earth
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5. Which planet has the greatest mass?
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6. Jupiter
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7. Which planet has the most moons?
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8. Saturn
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9. Which planet has the longest day?
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10. Venus – it takes 243 days for it to rotate just once.
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11. Which planet takes the longest to orbit the Sun? (excluding Pluto)
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12. Neptune – It takes 165 Earth years to orbit the Sun.
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13. Where does the light of the Moon come from?
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14. The Sun - The Sun’s light is reflected off the Moon back to Earth.
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15. What is the difference between waning and waxing?
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16. Waning means to shrink and waxing means to grow.
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17. What is it called when the Moon can’t be seen from Earth?
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18. New Moon
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19. Name this phase of the Moon.
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20. Waning Gibbous Moon
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21. Name this phase of the moon.
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22. First Quarter Moon
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23. What is a comet?
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24. A comet is a small frozen ball of ice, dust and gas, and have a coma (or tail).
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25. What’s the difference between a comet and an asteroid?
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26. An asteroid is made of rock or metal
An asteroid is made of rock or metal. A comet is made of ice, dust, and gas. A comet has a tail, an asteroid doesn’t.
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27. What is a meteor?
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28. A meteor is a streak of light caused by a meteoroid igniting while entering the Earth’s atmosphere.
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29. How often does Haley’s comet fly by Earth?
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30. Every years
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31. What’s the difference between a meteoroid and a meteorite?
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32. A meteorite is a meteoroid (piece of asteroid or comet) that has entered the Earth’s atmosphere and hit Earth.
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33. Our sun is this distance from the earth.
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34. 93 million miles Or
150 million km
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35. About how long does it take sunlight to reach the earth
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36. Somewhere between 8 and 9 minutes
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37. A group of millions or billions of stars is called a ….
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38. Galaxy
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39. Our galaxy is called the…
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40. Milky Way
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41. The shape of our galaxy
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42. Spiral
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43. The reason for the seasons…..
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44. Tilt of the axis
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45. How much is the earth tilted?
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46. 23 and 1/2 degrees
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47. The reason for day and night.
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48. Because the earth is spinning.
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49. Which hemisphere do we live in?
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50. Northern hemisphere
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51. When the sun is highest in the sky during the day. This is called …
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52. Solar Noon
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53. Daily Double
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54. Today’s Category: Kings & Queens
Final Jeopardy
Today’s Category: Kings & Queens
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55. The only heavenly body that people (astronauts) have gone to…
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56. The moon!
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57. global history
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58. Sky Science
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59. Planets
The Moon
Heavenly Bodies
Star Power
Earthly Delights
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60. Which planet is the closest to the Sun?
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61. Mercury
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62. Being of similar size and mass, this planet is considered the sister planet to Earth.
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63. Venus
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64. Which planet was named for the Greek god Zeus?
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65. Jupiter
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66. Which planet has the fewest satellites?
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67. Mercury and Venus don’t have any satellites
Mercury and Venus don’t have any satellites. This is probably because they are so close to the Sun.
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68. Name all of the Gaseous planets.
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69. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
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70. How long does it take for the Moon to orbit the Earth?
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71. About 28 days.
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72. Why do we only see one face of the Moon?
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73. We only see one side of the Moon because it rotates on its axis at the same speed as its orbit of the Earth.
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74. How many Moons would fit in the Earth?
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75. 49
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76. What is a moon?
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77. A moon is a satellite of a planet, which orbits the planet.
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78. Which planet has the most moons and how many does it have?
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79. As of 2005, Saturn has 46 known moons.
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80. Comets come from a part of our solar system called the ….
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81. Ort Cloud
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82. When an asteroid hits the earth or other planet it creates a hole called a ……
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83. Crater
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84. A meteor that hits the ground is called a …
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85. Meteorite
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86. A famous comet that returns every 76 years.
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87. Halley’s Comet
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88. The glowing head of a comet is called the …
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89. Coma
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90. The speed of light…
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91. 186,000 miles per second Or
300,000 km per second
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92. The gas that the sun “burns” is called …
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93. hydrogen
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94. Dark spots on the sun a called ….
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95. Sunspots
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96. The color of the hottest stars…
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97. blue
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98. A collection of gas and dust in space that might form a star is called a …
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99. Nebula
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100. The earth spins on its ….
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101. Axis
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102. When the earth is closest to the sun, what season is it in the northern hemisphere?
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103. Winter
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104. A device that tells time using the sun, is called a…
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105. Sundial
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106. On a sundial, the angled part is called a …
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107. gnomon
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108. The reason that the sun appears to move through the sky during the day.
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109. Earth rotating or spinning on its axis.
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110. Daily Double
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111. Final Jeopardy
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112. What is it about Earth that enables it to support life?
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113. Earth is just the right distance from the Sun so the temperature is not too hot nor too cold. Earth has air and water, which are necessary for life.
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114. global history
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