Space Jeopardy

Earth Sun, Moon Moon

Vocabulary Planets
Patterns and Stars Phases

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 Rotate means
A.The path a planet takes
B. One object goes around another
C. Spin around
D. Imaginary line
Rotate means to
spin around

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 Revolve means
A.When one object goes around another

B. Spin in one place

C. Turn like a top

D. Imaginary line
 Revolve means when one
object goes around another
object.

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 Ellipse is
A. Circle
B. Oval
C. The path the Earth takes
D. When you cant see the moon
 Ellipse is the shape of
Earths orbit (an OVAL).

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 A satellite is
A.The path the Earth takes
around the Sun.
B. A smaller object goes
around a larger object.

C. Shooting stars

D. Objects rotating
 A satellite is a smaller
object that revolves around
a larger object.

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The imaginary line that
connects the North and
South poles is called
A. axis
B. equator
C. hemisphere
D. axel
Axis

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Day and night is caused by

A.Earths Rotation
B. Earths Revolution
C. Sun going around the Earth
D. Moon light
Earths rotation causes
day and night.

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 RIGHT!
When youre RIGHT,
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How long does it take the
Earth to rotate?
A. 30 days
B. 24 hours
C. 1 year
D. 7 days
 It takes the Earth
1 day (or 24 hours) to
rotate.

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 Genius! That is
what it is sheer
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$400 Answer
What causes Earths
seasons?
A.The Earth spins in one place
B. The Sun revolves
C. The Earth rotates
D. The Earth is tilted on its axis.
Seasons are caused by the
Earths tilting on its axis.

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$600 Answer
When the
Northern
A. spring
Hemisphere is
B. summer
tilted towards
C. winter
the Sun, what
D. fall
season is it in
North America?
When the Northern Hemisphere
is tilted towards the Sun,
it is summer in the
Northern Hemisphere.

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 What is the name of the
United States space program
that landed on the moon?

A. Apollo
B. Challenger
C. Discovery
D. Galileo
The space program to land on
the moon was called Apollo.

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What are inner planets
made of?
A. rock

B. gas

C. ice

D. rubber
Inner planets are
made of rock.

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What are the outer planets
made of ?
A. metal

B. ice

C. gas

D. rock
Outer planets are
made of gas.

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Which of the following is
FALSE?
A.Some planets are made of gas.

B. Planets orbit a star.

C. Some planets are made of rock.

D. Planets produce their own light.

Planets DO NOT produce
their own light.

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Which of the following is
NOT an inner planet?
A. Mercury

B. Saturn

C. Mars

D. Venus
Saturn is NOT an
inner planet.

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$800 Answer
 Between which two planets
can you find the Asteroid Belt?

A. Saturn and Uranus

B. Earth and Mars

C. Mars and Jupiter

D. Jupiter and Saturn

You can find the Asteroid Belt
between Mars and Jupiter.

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The Sun is made out of

A. metal
B. rock
C. gas
D. ice
The Sun is made
out of gas.

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How many Earths could fit
inside of the Sun?
A. About 1 thousand
B. About 1 million
C. About 110
D. About 10
About 1 million Earths can
fit inside of the Sun.

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Which of the following is
NOT correct?
A. Winter arrives for the Northern Hemisphere
when the North Pole is pointed at the sun.

B. The rotation of the Earth on its

axis causes day and night

C. The tilt of the Earth is the reason

we have seasons.

D. The nights appear shorter in

the summer.
When winter arrives for us,
the SOUTHERN hemisphere
is pointed at the sun.

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 The coolest star is
__________ in color.
A. yellow
B. purple
C. red
D. blue
Red stars have the coolest
temperature.

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Which of the following is
true about the moon?
A. It is bigger than the Earth
B. It is farther from the Earth than
the Sun.
C. It has water.
D. It has mountains, valleys
and plains.
The moon has valleys,
mountains
and plains.

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About how many days does it take for
the moon to orbit the Earth?

A.28
B. 365
C. 7
D. 24
It takes approximately 28 days for
the moon to orbit the Earth.

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When you look into the night sky
and only see the right half of the
moon. This moon is called the
A. Waxing crescent moon

B. First quarter moon

C. Waning gibbous moon

D. Last quarter moon

When the right half is
bright, it is called the
first quarter
moon.

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What moon comes after
the new moon?
A. Waxing crescent

B. Waxing gibbous

C. Waning crescent

D. Waning gibbous
The Waxing Crescent moon
comes after the New moon.

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Which moon cannot be
seen in the night sky?
A. Waxing Crescent
B. New Moon
C. Full Moon
D. Waxing Gibbous
The New Moon cannot be
seen in the night sky.

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Which moon is pictured
below?

A. New Moon
B. Waxing Gibbous
C. Waning Gibbous
D. Full Moon
 This is a
picture of
a waning
gibbous
moon.
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