Transcript Jeopardy Game Board 2

Astronomy Jeopardy 2!
Planetary and
Solar System
Multiple
Choice
Extragalactic
and
Cosmology
Technology
Identify this
Pictured
Object
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Planetary and Solar System
– 10 points
What is the name of the most
prominent crater on the Moon?
A.
Tycho
B. Copernicus
C.
Kepler
D.
Galileo
Planetary and Solar System
– 20 points
Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta are
names for four of what type of
objects?
A. Asteroids
B. Moons
C.
Stars
Planetary and Solar System
– 30 points
Which planet in our solar system is less
dense than water which means that if all
the planets were put into a huge ocean this
planet would float?
A. Jupiter
B. Uranus
C. Pluto
D. Saturn
Planetary and Solar System
– 40 points
After the Sun and the planets, what
is the largest body in the solar
system?
A. Ganymede
B.
Pluto
C. Earth's Moon
Planetary and Solar System
– 50 points
Sometimes there is a ring around the
Moon. What causes this?
A.Gravitational lensing
B. Micrometeroidal particles
C. Atmospheric ice crystal
D. Aberration
Multiple Choice
– 10 points
What is the speed of dark?
A. The speed of light
B. Darkness does not move, it is always present, and light is layed on top of it.
C. A man stands at the doorway of his bedroom, attired in boxer shorts and a
sleeveless undershirt. One hundred times in a row, he turns off the light switch
and dashes for the bed. How many times does he see himself land under the
covers? The isn't any light there. Obviously dark got there quicker than light.
D.
E. All of the Above
Multiple Choice
– 20 points
What is the magnitude of
the Sun from Earth?
A. -26.36
B.
-25
C. -26.72
D. -27.4
Multiple Choice
– 40 points
This graph is typical of a:
A.
Pulsar
B.
Cepheid
C. Neutron Star
D. Sinusoidal Star
Multiple Choice
– 50 points
How many planets have rings?
A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4
Multiple Choice
–30 points
What single factor determines a
star's brightness, color, length of its
life, and how it is to die?
A. Core temperature
B.
Total mass
C.
Volume
Extragalactic
– 10 points
It has a temperature of 2.7 kelvins today and is isotropic
to one part in 105. It is important to cosmological
perturbation theory, which describes the evolution of
slight inhomogeneities in the early universe.
Extragalactic
– 20 points
Identify these three types of galaxies.
Extragalactic
– 30 points
Which is Globular Cluster and which is the
Open Cluster?
A
B
Extragalactic
– 40 points
In physical cosmology, this epoch named after
______ is the earliest period of time in the history of
the universe, from zero to approximately 10−43
seconds, during which quantum effects of gravity
were significant.
Extragalactic
– 50 points
The fact that the
velocities at edges
of spiral galaxies
do not drop off as
1/ r2 is evidence
for the presence of
what?
Technology
– 10 points
Name 2 of Nasa’s 4 Great Observatories.
3
1
4
2
Technology
– 20 points
What type of
telescopes were
used in Contact?
Technology
– 30 points
Name this telescope.
Technology
– 30 points
What Earth-based telescope has the largest aperture?
Technology
– 40 points
What year
was NASA
established?
Identify this Pictured Object
– 10 points
Identify this Pictured Object
– 20 points
Identify this Pictured Object
– 30 points
Identify this Pictured Object
– 40 points
Identify this Pictured Object
– 50 points