Transcript Jeopardy Game Board 1

Astronomy Jeopardy!
Planetary and
Solar System
Multiple
Choice
Extragalactic
and
Cosmology
Stars and
Constellations
Identify this
Pictured
Object
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Planetary and Solar System
– 10 points
Which planet is
closest to the Sun?
Planetary and Solar System
– 20 points
What is the name
of Saturn's largest
moon?
Planetary and Solar System
– 30 points
What element was
discovered on the Sun
before it was
discovered on Earth?
Planetary and Solar System
– 40 points
From what
hypothetical region
are comets believed
to come?
Planetary and Solar System
– 50 points
What is the
name of the
largest gap in
Saturn's rings?
Multiple Choice
– 10 points
The planets make up what
percentage of the mass in our
solar system?
A: 0.0135 %
B: 0.135 %
C:
1.35 %
D:
13.5 %
Multiple Choice
– 20 points
The three main parts of a comet are
the nucleus, the tail, and the _____?
A: Zenith
B: Umbra
C: Radiant
D: Coma
Multiple Choice
–30 points
What is the term for the condition when three
celestial bodies are arranged in a straight line?
A: Occultation
B:
Parallax
C:
Syzygy
D: Triple Transit
Multiple Choice
– 40 points
What year boasted the first woman in space?
A: 1963
B: 1968
C: 1973
D: 1983
Multiple Choice
– 50 points
There are many theories about the birth of
our solar system. Which theory involves a
passing star pulling dust and debris from
the forming sun?
A:
Nebular Hypothesis
B:
Tidal Theory
C:
Collision Theory
D: Protoplanet Hypothesis
Extragalactic
– 30 points
What effect led Edwin Hubble to
discover the expansion of the
Universe?
A. Microwave Background
B.
Anisotropy
C.
Redshift
Extragalactic
– 40 points
When a neutron star and a black hole orbit each
other, the gases sucked off of the neutron star
cause what kind of disk around the black hole
before disappearing into it?
A. Chandrasekhar Disk
B.
Double Disk
C.
Funnel Disk
D.
Accretion Disk
Extragalactic
– 50 points
In what kind of
interstellar medium does
star formation take place?
Extragalactic
– 20 points
Which American astronomer first described a
subset of spiral galaxies characterized by one
bright central region containing strong, broad
emission lines in 1944?
Extragalactic
– 10 points
What is the name of the large
spiral galaxy in our local group
that was recently discovered to
be smaller then the Milky Way?
Stars and Constellations
– 10 points
Which star is closest to the Sun?
Stars and Constellations
– 20 points
What star is nicknamed The Dog Star?
Stars and Constellations
– 30 points
What is this type of
diagram called and
what is the part where
the Sun is located
called?
Stars and Constellations
– 40 points
How many
constellations
are there?
Stars and Constellations
– 50 points
What does the
constellation of Puppis
represent?
Identify this Pictured Object
– 10 points
Identify this Pictured Object
– 20 points
Identify this Pictured Object
– 30 points
In general, what could this object be?
Identify this Pictured Object
– 40 points
Identify this Pictured Object
– 50 points