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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
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$100 Question from Telescopes What is the purpose of an optical telescopes?
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$100 Answer from Telescopes To use lenses/mirrors to gather and focus light to provide a magnified view.
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$200 Question from Telescopes What is the purpose of a non optical telescope?
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$200 Answer from Telescopes To view wavelengths of objects in space that produce energy that is not visible to the human eye.
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$300 Question from Telescopes What do refracting telescopes use to gather and focus light to provide a magnified view?
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$300 Answer from Telescopes Lenses.
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$400 Question from Telescopes What do reflecting telescopes use to collect light and project the image to an eyepiece lens for the viewer?
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$400 Answer from Telescopes What is… a series of mirrors.
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$500 Question from Telescopes Name some objects in space that are not visible to the human eye.
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$500 Answer from Telescopes X-rays, gamma rays, and radio waves.
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$100 Question from Satellites What is the definition of satellite?
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$100 Answer from Satellites Any body that orbits around another body in space?
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$200 Question from Satellites Give an example of an artificial satellite?
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$200 Answer from Satellites Our moon orbiting around Earth.
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$300 Question from Satellites Satellites used for communications that tend to be stationary above a fixed point on Earth is called…?
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$300 Answer from Satellites Geosynchronous orbit.
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$400 Question from Satellites Name some purposes of satellites that help our everyday life…
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$400 Answer from Satellites The weather report, watching tv, surfing the web or using the phone.
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$500 Question from Satellites What does remote sensing mean?
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$500 Answer from Satellites A technique of collecting information about Earth from satellites, aerial photographs or other means by “sensing” the planet from above.
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$100 Question from Probes/ Rovers What is the purpose of a probe?
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$100 Answer from Probes/ Rovers travel millions of kilometres, carrying scientific instruments to analyze distant objects in space.
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$200 Question from Probes/ Rovers Which planets have been visited by probes?
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$200 Answer from Probes/ Rovers Every planet in our solar system Has been visited by a probe.
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$300 Question from Probes/ Rovers What is the purpose of a rover?
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$300 Answer from Probes/ Rovers to carry out tests that humans would otherwise make.
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$400 Question from Probes/ Rovers What are probes/ rovers able to transmit back to Earth?
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$400 Answer from Probes/ Rovers Pictures and data information
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$500 Question from Probes/ Rovers What were the two most successful American probes? And what were the latest rovers to explore another planet?
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$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.
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$100 Question from Rockets What is the purpose of a rocket?
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$100 Answer from Rockets A rocket is a system used for transporting materials and astronauts into space.
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$200 Question from Rockets What is the force that pushes against a rocket and forces it to move called?
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$200 Answer from Rockets Thrust
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$300 Question from Rockets What is most of a rockets body filled with to create thrust?
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$300 Answer from Rockets Explosive fuels that combine.
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$400 Question from Rockets What part of the rocket produces thrust?
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$400 Answer from Rockets The propulsion system.
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$500 Question from Rockets What are the four main systems of a rocket?
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$500 Answer from Rockets Structural (the frame), payload, guidance, and propulsion
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$100 Question from Terraforming What is the definition of terraforming?
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$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.
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$200 Question from Terraforming Which planet is it most possible for terraforming to be a possibility?
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$200 Answer from Terraforming Mars
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$300 Question from Terraforming Why is it very unlikely for Mars to be an Earth like planet?
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$300 Answer from Terraforming It would have to be transformed into an Earth like biosphere, and it would be extremely costly.
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$400 Question from Terraforming What is the process needed in the terraforming of Mars?
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$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.
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$500 Question from Terraforming What do most scientists say about Mars transforming into an earth like biosphere?
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$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.
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Final Jeopardy What did you learn?
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Final Jeopardy Answer * Audience answers*
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