Astronomic Jeopardy!
Astronomic Jeopardy!Ride the
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What is a tide?
The rise and fall of water levels every
12½ hours.
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What is the name of the force that causes
tides?
Gravity
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If there is a low tide in the Northern hemisphere, what are
the water levels like in the other 3 hemispheres?
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South: low tideEast: high tideWest: high tide
Explain what is happening in the picture.
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The gravity of the moon is pulling water to it, causing a
high tide at . The sun is causing high tide at .
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At what orientation would high tide be the highest? The lowest?
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Highest: Sun and moon parallel ( and ).
Lowest: Sun and moon at 90 angle ( and )
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How does the sun create energy?
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The sun uses nuclear fusion, combining two hydrogen
atoms into one helium atom.
True or False: the sun has 4 types atmospheres.
Name them!
False. There are 3 atmospheres: Photosphere,
Chromosphere, and Corona.
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What are Sunspots?
Sunspots are areas of gas that are cooler than the gas around them,
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How are Solar Flares and Prominences related? What is
different about them?
Prominences are loops of gas that connect sunspots. Solar
Flares are when loops connect suddenly or explosively.
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What does the picture below represent? What
causes it?
This is Aurora Borealis. The Solar Wind (a stream of electrically charged particles) hit Earth’s Magnetic field and are drawn to the poles.
Final Jeopardy
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If you weigh 240 pounds on Earth, you would feel like you were only 40 pounds on the moon. Therefore, the
gravity on the moon is…a) 1/2 that of Earthb) 2 times that of Earthc) 1/6 that of Earthd) 6 times that of Earth
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a) 1/2 that of Earthb) 2 times that of Earthc) 1/6 that of Earth d) 6 times that of Earth
Name a feature you would find on the moon.
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1. Craters2. Highlands3. Marias (“seas”)
What unusual relationship does the moon’s rotation and
revolution share?
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They are both equal (27.3) days, making one day on the moon
equal to one year on the moon.
How do scientists think the moon was formed?
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Scientists think a massive object crashed into Earth and threw pieces into space.
Earth’s gravity caused the pieces to orbit and slowly accrete (come together).
Name the phases of the moon highlighted below.
The phases are…
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Describe Rotation and Revolution.
Rotation is the spinning of an object about an axis.
Revolution for is the movement of orbit of one object around another.
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What is an axis, and what is the angle of Earth’s axis?
An axis is an imaginary line that passes through the center and
North & South poles. Earth’s axis is titled at 23.5 degrees.Back to
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What does the tilted axis cause? What is a common mistake people
believed about this instead?
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The tilt of our axis causes the seasons. Many people think our
distance to the Sun causes seasons.
What are the seasons being experienced in the N. hemisphere at each point?
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1. Winter2. Spring3. Summer4. Fall
If it is the Winter Solstice in the N. hemisphere, what does that mean for the S. hemisphere?
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The Winter Solstice is the day when there is the least amount of daylight.
In the S. hemisphere they would be experiencing the most amount of daylight.
Name the two types of eclipses.
Lunar Eclipse and Solar Eclipse.
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What position must the celestial bodies be in to cause a Lunar Eclipse?
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The order must beSun Earth Moon.
What position must the celestial bodies be in to cause a Solar
Eclipse? What part of the Sun is visible during this time?
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The order must beSun Moon Earth. The corona is visible during this time.
What phase(s) must the moon be in if a Solar Eclipse is to occur?
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A Solar Eclipse can only occur when the moon is in its New phase.
The shadows cast by either the Earth or moon during either type of eclipse
have to parts. Describe them.
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The two parts of the shadows are called the Umbra and Penumbra.
The Umbra is the darkest part, while the Penumbra is the larger, less dark part.
Consider this: •The Sun is roughly 150 million kilometers from Earth.
•Light travels at 300 million meters per second, and 1km is equal to 1,000 meters.
•If the Sun stopped shining, how long afterwards would it take before we ran out of light?
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Calculations a) 300,000,000m/s =
300,000km/sb) 150,000,000km ÷
300,000km/s = 500sc) 500s ÷ 60s/min = 8.3
minutes