Transcript Jeopardy - Effingham County Schools

Astronomy Jeopardy
Telescopes/ Galaxies/
Geo/Helio
Constellations Big Bang
Gravity
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Final Jeopardy
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Which model explains the motions of the planets
more accurately:
 Geocentric or heliocentric?
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Heliocentric
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Who was the first scientist to successfully use a
telescope to observe the night sky?
Galileo
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What theory was overturned by the evidence
gathered by Galileo?
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Geocentric theory
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Describe the Heliocentric theory.
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Sun is the center of the solar system
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Describe the Geocentric theory.
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Earth is the center of the universe.
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A reflecting telescope gathers light with a _____
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Mirror
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Astronomers often locate telescopes on
mountains to______________.
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Lesson the interference of the Earth’s
atmosphere.
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Astronomers use constellations to:
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Locate objects in the sky
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Which stars do we always see during the year?
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Stars on the horizon
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What do the stars in a constellation have in
common?
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The same general directions from Earth.
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Where in the Milky Way galaxy is our solar
system found?
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In an outer arm.
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A cluster of a billion stars is a ________.
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Galaxy
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What does the big bang theory explain?
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That the universe is expanding
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Why could the big bang theory possibly be
replaced by another theory about the origin on
the universe?
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New evidence could show a different theory to
be more accurate.
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Do scientists know what caused the small dense
ball of energy and matter to expand and cool?
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No, scientists do not know.
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Why is gravity known as the universal force?
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It holds the universe together.
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If two planets get closer together, what happens
to the gravitational force they exert on each
other?
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It increases
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What causes our solar system to have the shape
that it does?
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Gravitational force
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Gravity is stronger when objects are ________
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Close together
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If two planets get closer together, what happens
to the gravitational force they exert on each
other?
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It increases
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What is a push or a pull?
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Force
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What is all of space and everything in it?
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The universe
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What is a natural satellite that revolves around a
planet?
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A moon
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The spinning of Earth on its axis
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rotation
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A meteoroid that passes through the
atmosphere and hits Earth’s surface.
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A meterorite
Final Jeopardy
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The Big Bang theory hypothesizes that the
universe began how many years ago?
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14 Billion years ago