Astronomy_the_universe_Jeopardy.ppt
- 1. Astronomy Jeopardy $100 Geo/Helio Telescopes/ Constellations Galaxies/ Big Bang Gravity Vocab $200 $300 $400 $500 $500 $400 $300 $200 $100 $500 $400 $300 $200 $100 $500 $400 $300 $200 $100 $500 $400 $300 $200 $100 Final Jeopardy
- 2. 1 - $100 Which model explains the motions of the planets more accurately: Geocentric or heliocentric? Heliocentric
- 3. 1 - $200 Who was the first scientist to successfully use a telescope to observe the night sky? Galileo
- 4. 1 - $300 What theory was overturned by the evidence gathered by Galileo? Geocentric theory
- 5. 1 - $400 Describe the Heliocentric theory. Sun is the center of the solar system
- 6. 1 - $500 Describe the Geocentric theory. Earth is the center of the universe.
- 7. 2 - $100 A reflecting telescope gathers light with a _____ Mirror
- 8. 2 - $200 Astronomers often locate telescopes on mountains to______________. Lesson the interference of the Earth’s atmosphere.
- 9. 2 - $300 Astronomers use constellations to: Locate objects in the sky
- 10. 2 - $400 Which stars do we always see during the year? Stars on the horizon
- 11. 2 - $500 What so the stars in a constellation have in common? The same general directions from Earth.
- 12. 3 - $100 Where in the Milky Way galaxy is our solar system found? In an outer arm.
- 13. 3 - $200 A cluster of a billion stars is a ________. Galaxy
- 14. 3 - $300 What does the big bang theory explain? That the universe is expanding
- 15. 3 - $400 Why could the big bang theory possibly be replaced by another theory about the origin on the universe? New evidence could show a different theory to be more accurate.
- 16. 3 - $500 Do scientists know what caused the small dense ball of energy and matter to expand and cool? No, scientists do not know.
- 17. 4 - $100 Why is gravity known as the universal force? It holds the universe together.
- 18. 4 - $200 If two planets get closer together, what happens to the gravitational force they exert on each other? It increases
- 19. 4 - $300 What causes our solar system to have the shape that it does? Gravitational force
- 20. 4 - $400 Gravity is stronger when objects are ________ Close together
- 21. 4 - $500 If two planets get closer together, what happens to the gravitational force they exert on each other? It increases
- 22. 5 - $100 What is a push or a pull? Force
- 23. 5 - $200 What is all of space and everything in it? The universe
- 24. 5 - $300 What is a natural satellite that revolves around a planet? A moon
- 25. 5 - $400 The spinning of Earth on its axis rotation
- 26. 5 - $500 A meteoroid that passes through the atmosphere and hits Earth’s surface. A meterorite
- 27. Final Jeopardy The Big Bang theory hypothesizes that the universe began how many years ago? 14 Billion years ago