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Moon Jeopardy

Developed by

Mesa Verde Middle School

San Diego, California

for the

Science Through ARts (STAR) Project

www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/STAR/Eye

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Moon Jeopardy Rules• Choose one student to read the questions and to call on

the student who responds first, a second student to keep track of the score for each team, and a third student to serve as the final authority in case of disputes.

• Divide the remainder of the class into three teams and have the teams draw straws to decide which team goes first.

• The first round has three categories with all three teams competing; the second round has two categories with the top two teams from round one competing. The team with the highest score at the end of the second round wins. Round 3 can be used in case of a tie.

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Moon Jeopardy Rules Continued

• The first person to tap the desk after the question is read will be called on to answer the question. If the answer is incorrect, points will be deducted from the team’s score and another team will be allowed to try.

• Only one answer will be allowed for multiple choice or True/False questions. If the answer is incorrect, the question value will be deducted from the team’s score and no one else may answer the question.

• Enjoy the game and have fun!!!

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Moon Jeopardy Game Board – Round 1Measurement

FactsTrue /

False

Great Feats on the Moon

100 100 100

200 200 200

300 300 300

400 400 400

500 500 500

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Moon Jeopardy Game Board – Round 2

Apollo

Missions

Famous Moon Phrases

100 100

200 200

300 300

400 400

500 500

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Moon Jeopardy Game Board – Round 3

Moon Etymology

100

200

300

400

500

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Measurement Facts 100

A day on the Moon is ___ on Earth.

A. Two weeksB. One monthC. A day

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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Measurement Facts 100 Answer

B. One month

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Measurement Facts 200

How long does it take a rocket to get to the Moon?

A. One week

B. One month

C. Three days

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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Measurement Facts 200 Answer

C. Three days

B B to Bo rac a d

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Measurement Facts 300

On the Moon you are ___ of your weight on Earth

A. 1/2

B. 1/8

C. 1/6

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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Measurement Facts 300 Answer

C. 1/6

B B to Bo rac a d

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Measurement Facts 400

How far is the Moon from Earth?

A. 240,000 miles

B. About 3 million miles

C. 234 million miles

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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Measurement Facts 400 Answer

A. 240,000 miles

B B to Bo rac a d

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Measurement Facts 500

The Moon moves ___ farther from Earth each year

A. 3 feet

B. 1.5 inches

C. 4.6 inches

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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Measurement Facts 500 Answer

B. 1.5 inches

B B to Bo rac a d

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True/False 100

The Moon rotates so that we can see different parts of it at different times.

True or False?

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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True/False 100 Answer

False.

It keeps one face to us at all times.

B B to Bo rac a d

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True/False 200

No human has been to the Moon since 1972.

True or False?

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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True/False 200 Answer

True

B B to Bo rac a d

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True/False 300

The orange soil on the Moon is from the remains of meteors and asteroids.

True or False?

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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True/False 300 Answer

False.

They are the remains of volcanoes.

B B to Bo rac a d

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True/False 400

Moon rocks contain the same materials as Earth rocks.

True or False?

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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True/False 400 Answer

True

B B to Bo rac a d

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True/False 500

The Apollo 10 Command and Service Module was named Charlie Brown and the Lunar Module was named Snoopy.

True or False?

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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True/False 500 Answer

True

B B to Bo rac a d

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Great Feats on the Moon 100

The _____ discovered evidence of water at the South Pole of the Moon in March1998.

A. ChallengerB. Lunar ProspectorC. Apollo Missions

B B to Bo rac a d Answer

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Great Feats on the Moon 100 Answer

B. Lunar Prospector

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Great Feats on the Moon 200

Who was the geologist who discovered the orange rock on the Moon?

A. Jack SchmittB. Neil ArmstrongC. Howard Mann

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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Great Feats on the Moon 200 Answer

A. Jack Schmitt

B B to Bo rac a d

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Great Feats on the Moon 300

Who hit a golf ball on the Moon?A. Gene CernanB. Alan ShepardC. John Glenn

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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Great Feats on the Moon 300 Answer

B. Alan Shepard

B B to Bo rac a d

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Great Feats on the Moon 400

Who was the first astronomer to realize the Moon rotates around the Earth?

A. ConfuciusB. James RonaldC. Galileo

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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Great Feats on the Moon 400 Answer

C. Galileo

B B to Bo rac a d

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Great Feats on the Moon 500

Who set the rover speed record on the Moon?

A. Janet AniseB. Gene Cernan and Harrison/Jack Schmitt

C. Daniel Fractal and John Hughson

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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Great Feats on the Moon 500 Answer

B. Gene Cernan and Harrison/Jack Schmitt

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Apollo Missions 100

Which Apollo mission was the first to land on the Moon with humans?

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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Apollo Missions 100 Answer

Apollo 11

B B to Bo rac a d

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Apollo Missions 200

Which Apollo mission nearly had a catastrophe causing the astronauts to have to stay in the lunar module?

B B to Bo rac a d Answer

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Apollo Missions 200 Answer

Apollo 13

B B to Bo rac a d

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Apollo Missions 300

How many Apollo missions were originally planned?

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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Apollo Missions 300 Answer

30 Apollo missions

B B to Bo rac a d

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Apollo Missions 400

Which Apollo mission took the famous picture of the Earth as the spacecraft came around the Moon?

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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Apollo Missions 400 Answer

Apollo 8

B B to Bo rac a d

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Apollo Missions 500

How many Apollo missions were actually sent into space and why were the number of planned missions cut?

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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Apollo Missions 500 Answer

27 Apollo missions actually flew.The number was cut because of

funding issues.

B B to Bo rac a d

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Famous Moon Phrases 100

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Which astronaut made this statement

and what was his mission?

B B to Bo rac a d Answer

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Famous Moon Phrases 100 Answer

Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11

B B to Bo rac a d

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Famous Moon Phrases 200

Which ethnic culture claims that there is a rabbit’s face on the Moon?

B B to Bo rac a d Answer

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Famous Moon Phrases 200

Which ethnic culture claims that there is a rabbit’s face on the Moon?

B B to Bo rac a d Answer

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Famous Moon Phrases 200 Answer

The Chinese

B B to Bo rac a d

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Famous Moon Phrases 300

“Don’t judge a man until you have walked two Moons in his moccasins.”

Which ethnic group claims this proverb?

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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Famous Moon Phrases 300 Answer

Native Americans

B B to Bo rac a d

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Famous Moon Quotes 400

“I like to think that the Moon is there, even if I am not looking at it.”

Who said this?

B B to Bo rac a d Answer

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Famous Moon Quotes 400 Answer

Albert Einstein

B B to Bo rac a d

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Famous Moon Quotes 500

“Everyone is like a Moon and has a dark side, which he never shows to

anybody.”

Who said this?

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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Famous Moon Quotes 500 Answer

Mark Twain

B B to Bo rac a d

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Moon Etymology 100

“Once in a Blue Moon” means almost never.

Give an example in a sentence and explain the meaning.

B B to Bo rac a d Answer

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Moon Etymology 100 Suggested Answer

Since our teacher gives us no homework only once in a blue moon, we should form a homework club so that we can help each other.

A blue moon is very rare, so it occurs “almost never."

B B to Bo rac a d

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Moon Etymology 200

The word “lunar” comes from which Latin word?

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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Moon Etymology 200 Answer

Lunaris

B B to Bo rac a d

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Moon Etymology 300

How long is a lunar year?

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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Moon Etymology 300 Answer

12 months

B B to Bo rac a d

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Moon Etymology 400

What is the Moon called when it is not visible in the night sky?

B B to Bo rac a d Answer

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Moon Etymology 400 Answer

New Moon

B B to Bo rac a d

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Moon Etymology 500

To “moonlight” means to work a second job in addition to a full-time job.

Give an example in a sentence and explain the connection to the Moon.

B B to Bo rac a dAnswer

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Moon Etymology 500 Suggested Answer

In order to make ends meet, Tim moonlighted at the radio station.

To moonlight is to work another job, often at night, in addition to one’s principal full-time job.

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