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Jeopardy TermsPeoplePlanets Asteroids, Comets, Meteors Stars Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy
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$100 Question from Terms Earth’s orbit is in this shape…
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$100 Answer from Terms Elliptical or Oval
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$200 Question from Terms Day and night is produced by this term…
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$200 Answer from Terms Rotation
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$300 Question from Terms The Milky Way is an example of this…
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$300 Answer from Terms Galaxy
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$400 Question from Terms 365 days on Earth represents this term…
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$400 Answer from Terms Revolution
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$500 Question from Terms Distances from the sun to various planets are measured in these units…
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$500 Answer from Terms Astronomical Units (AU)
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$100 Question from People This organization placed a great astronomer on house arrest for his beliefs.
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$100 Answer from People Roman Catholic Churce
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$200 Question from People This great astronomer was placed on house arrest for voicing his opinion regarding the sun being the center of the universe.
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$200 Answer from People Galileo
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$300 Question from People This gentleman uncovered the true shape of the planetary orbits.
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$300 Answer from People Keplar
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$400 Question from People This early astronomer developed a sun-centered model for the universe.
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$400 Answer from People Copernicus
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$500 Question from People A Russian science team surprised the world by launching this first artificial satellite.
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$500 Answer from People Sputnik
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$100 Question from Planets Third Rock from the sun.
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$100 Answer from Planets Earth
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$200 Question from Planets This is the name of the planet with the shortest year.
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$200 Answer from Planets Mercury
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$300 Question from Planets This planet has 16 major satellites.
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$300 Answer from Planets Jupiter
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$400 Question from Planets The Great Red Spot on Jupiter as well as the Great Dark Spot on Neptune represent this…
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$400 Answer from Planets Storm Systems
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$500 Question from Planets This is the order of the planets from the sun, include the solar body that once was a planet but is now considered a dwarf planet.
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$500 Answer from Planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto
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$100 Question from Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors This is the name given to pieces of rock or iron that crash into Earth.
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$100 Answer from Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors Meteorites
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$200 Question from Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors When meteorites crash into the Earth’s surface they produce this.
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$200 Answer from Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors Craters
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$300 Question from Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors This is the location of the major asteroid belt.
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$300 Answer from Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors Between Mars and Jupiter
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$400 Question from Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors Halley’s comet will be seen by observers on Earth in this many years.
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$400 Answer from Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors 76 years
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$500 Question from Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors The word “comet” comes from this Greek word.
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$500 Answer from Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors Hair
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$100 Question from Stars This is the name of the major star in our Solar System
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$100 Answer from Stars The Sun
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$200 Question from Stars How many major constellations are there?
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$200 Answer from Stars 12
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$300 Question from Stars This is the true name of the North Star
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$300 Answer from Stars Polaris
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$400 Question from Stars This color represents the coolest temperature of all stars.
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$400 Answer from Stars Red
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$500 Question from Stars This color represents the hottest temperature of all stars.
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$500 Answer from Stars Blue
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Final Jeopardy This is the study of the structure, origin, and evolution of the universe.
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Final Jeopardy Answer Cosmology
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Jeopardy Round 2 Seasons Moon Phases EclipsesTerms Space Exploration Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy
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$100 Question from Seasons This is the term for the time period where there are equal amounts of day and night.
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$100 Answer from Seasons Equinox
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$200 Question from Seasons Another name for the spring equinox is…
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$200 Answer from Seasons The Vernal Equinox
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$300 Question from Seasons The Weather changes because…
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$300 Answer from Seasons The seasons change
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$400 Question from Seasons The Sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer during the…
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$400 Answer from Seasons Summer Solstice
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$500 Question from Seasons The sun is directly over the Tropic of Capricorn during the…
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$500 Answer from Seasons Winter Solstice
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$100 Question from Moon Phases When the moon is lit on the right side the moon is said to be…
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$100 Answer from Moon Phases Waxing
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$200 Question from Moon Phases When the moon is lit on the left hand side it is said to be…
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$200 Answer from Moon Phases Waning
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$300 Question from Moon Phases The term that describes the moon when it is mostly lit up but still dark in a corner is a(n)…
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$300 Answer from Moon Phases Gibbous
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$400 Question from Moon Phases Why do we see the same side of the moon from Earth?
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$400 Answer from Moon Phases The moon revolves around the Earth at the same rate that it rotates on its own axis.
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$500 Question from Moon Phases The moon rotates on its axis every…
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$500 Answer from Moon Phases 29 ½ days
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$100 Question from Eclipses What are the two major types of eclipses?
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$100 Answer from Eclipses Solar and Lunar
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$200 Question from Eclipses What is the darkest shadow of the moon called?
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$200 Answer from Eclipses Umbra
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$300 Question from Eclipses What type of eclipse is most likely to occur during a New Moon Phase?
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$300 Answer from Eclipses Total Solar Eclipse
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$400 Question from Eclipses What type of eclipse is likely to occur during a full moon phase?
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$400 Answer from Eclipses Total Lunar Eclipse
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$500 Question from Eclipses What type of eclipse would be rare to observe and could cause eye damage?
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$500 Answer from Eclipses Total Solar Eclipse
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$100 Question from Terms Charged particles that become trapped by the Earth’s magnetic field, which collide with gas molecules in the Earth’s upper atmosphere.
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$100 Answer from Terms Auroras
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$200 Question from Terms An object that is so dense that its gravity will allow nothing to escape not even light.
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$200 Answer from Terms Black Hole
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$300 Question from Terms Theory that says the universe will eventually contract bringing the galaxies back together into a hot mass until another Big Bang occurs sending matter back out again.
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$300 Answer from Terms Pulsating Universe
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$400 Question from Terms Measure of the actual brightness of a star
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$400 Answer from Terms Luminosity
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$500 Question from Terms Circular backdrop of 12 constellations through which planets appear to move.
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$500 Answer from Terms Zodiac
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$100 Question from Space Exploration Human spaceflight program with the goal or conducting manned moon landing missions.
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$100 Answer from Space Exploration Apollo
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$200 Question from Space Exploration Unmanned spacecraft sent to study Jupiter and its moons.
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$200 Answer from Space Exploration Galileo
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$300 Question from Space Exploration Unmanned space missions which were sent to explore the planets, especially the outer planets.
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$300 Answer from Space Exploration Pioneer
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$400 Question from Space Exploration The 2 nd human spaceflight program in the U.S.; Objective was to develop techniques for advanced space travel
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$400 Answer from Space Exploration Gemini
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$500 Question from Space Exploration Consists of a pair of unmanned space probes, launched to officially study Jupiter and Saturn, but they still continue their voyage into the outer solar system.
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$500 Answer from Space Exploration Voyager
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Final Jeopardy The reason that Earth has seasons is…
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Final Jeopardy Answer The Earth is tilted on its axis at 23 ½ °
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