Transcript Solar System Jeopardy

JEOPARDY!
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JEOPARDY!
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Moon
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Earth and
Sun
Earth and
Moon
The Solar
System
Constellations
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Stars and
Miscellaneous
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The Sun appears to rise
and set once every time
earth completes one…
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Each year, Earth
completes one _____
around the Sun.
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At what time of day are
shadows the shortest?
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Where on Earth do the
temperatures change
very little from season
to season?
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If you did not have a
compass, how might
the sunset help you
find your way in the
wilderness?
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In each complete orbit
around Earth, the Moon
cycles through all of its….
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The Moon casts a
shadow on Earth
during a…
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How are solar eclipse
similar to lunar eclipses?
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What is the effect of
the Moon on the
tides?
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Can tides be predicted
and planned for in
advance?
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The Sun is center of the
what?
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The
largest planet in
our solar system is best
known for its what?
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What are 3 names for
the last 4 planets?
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How are meteoroids,
meteors, and
meteorites different?
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Daily Double!!!
Identify the four rocky
planets in our solar
system. What do they
have in common?
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Hot, glowing spheres
of gases called _____
give off energy.
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Draco is the name of
a pattern of stars in
a what?
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Constellations are
patterns of stars that
what?
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The distance between
Earth and the stars is
measured in what?
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Do constellations appear
the same in the Northern
and Southern
Hemispheres? Why or
why not?
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Meteoroids created most
of the Moon’s _____.
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Today, scientists study
space using many
kinds of what?
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The force that pulls
planets toward the
Sun is…
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NASA stand for what?
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There is evidence that water
once flowed on Mars. Though
temperatures are too low on
Mars today for liquid water,
what does this suggest about
the planet’s past?
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