Jeopardy introduction to astronomy
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This document appears to be a quiz about astronomy and the seasons. It contains 100 questions divided into categories like vocabulary, ancient views of the sky, movement in the sky, and shadows and seasons. The questions cover topics such as stars, galaxies, meteors, planets, the seasons, Earth's rotation, orbits, and historical figures like Ptolemy and Galileo. Players can choose questions and provide answers to earn points. If correct, they accumulate score and can choose to wager points on a Daily Double question about labeling the four seasons.
Jeopardy introduction to astronomy
- 1. Jeopardy Review Movement in Other Objects Shadows & Seasons Vocabulary Ancient Views the Sky in the Sky 300 400
- 2. 100 Points This is the illusionary line created between the sky and ground. Answer | Back | Music
- 3. 200 Points This object in the sky may natural or man made. Answer | Back | Music
- 4. 300 Points Even though this happens the Northern hemisphere is in winter. Answer | Back | Music
- 5. 400 Points What does the angle of separation measure? Answer | Back | Music
- 6. 500 Points This is what the path of the sun is called when observed over the course of a year. Answer | Back | Music
- 7. 100 Points For Ancient man these two occupations were done by the same person. Answer | Back | Music
- 8. 200 Points This person was credited with the Geocentric view of the Solar system. Answer | Back | Music
- 9. 300 Points While not the first to endorse the Heliocentric view, his observations of moons helped convince others that it was correct. Answer | Back | Music
- 10. 400 Points What did this person help prove even though he did not really believe it? Answer | Back | Music
- 11. 500 Points This is the main reason people even today think the sun moves around the earth. Answer | Back | Music
- 12. 100 Points Why does the Sun appear to move across the Sky? Answer | Back | Music
- 13. 200 Points There are this many ways to count/calculate the length of one Earth year. Answer | Back | Music
- 14. 300 Points These are ways the earth moves as it orbits the sun. (at least two) Answer | Back | Music
- 15. 400 Points The sun appears to move East to West because of this. Answer | Back | Music
- 16. 500 Points How long does it take for the Earth to make one complete rotation? revolution? Answer | Back | Music
- 17. 100 Points What is a star ? Answer | Back | Music
- 18. 200 Points These groupings of billions of solar systems are so far away sometimes they are thought to be stars. Answer | Back | Music
- 19. 300 Points On a clear night we can two to three of these an hour, more if we pass through the tail of a comet. Answer | Back | Music
- 20. 400 Points These objects were given the name meaning "wanderers" because they seemed to move back and forth across the sky. Answer | Back | Music
- 21. 500 Points What is another name for the north star? Why is it important? Answer | Back | Music
- 22. 100 Points What season has the biggest angle of separation? Answer | Back | Music
- 23. 200 Points When in the day are shadows the longest? Answer | Back | Music
- 24. 300 Points What causes shadows to change size? Answer | Back | Music
- 25. 400 Points What are the Shadows like in the Winter? Answer | Back | Music
- 26. 500 Points Label the Four Seasons in the Northern Hemisphere. Answer | Back | Music
- 27. 100 Points What is Horizon? Score | Back
- 28. 200 Points What is a Satellite? Score | Back
- 29. 300 Points What is Apogee? Score | Back
- 30. 400 Points The distance of an object in the sky to the horizon. Score | Back
- 31. 500 Points What is an Annalemma? Score | Back
- 32. 100 Points What are astronomers and astrologers? Score | Back
- 33. 200 Points Who was Ptolemy? Score | Back
- 34. 300 Points Who was Galileo? Score | Back
- 35. 400 Points What is an Heliocentric elliptical orbit? Score | Back
- 36. 500 Points The sun appears to move across the sky because we cannot feel the movement of the earth. Score | Back
- 37. 100 Points Because of the Earth's rotation on it's axis. Score | Back
- 38. 200 Points There are three ways Sidereal, Tropical, and anomalous. Score | Back
- 39. 300 Points what are Counterclockwise, orbital plane, axial tilt. Score | Back
- 40. 400 Points Our rotation that is west to east. Score | Back
- 41. 500 Points It takes the Earth 24 hours or 1 day to make a complete rotation on its axis, and 365.25 days. Score | Back
- 42. 100 Points A star is a ball of hot, glowing gases that is very, very far away from Earth. Score | Back
- 43. 200 Points What are Galaxies? Score | Back
- 44. 300 Points What are meteors? Score | Back
- 45. 400 Points Wha What are the planets? Score | Back
- 46. 500 Points Another name for the north star is Polaris, the earth's axis always points towards this star, because of this we can navigate (tell the latitude one is at by this star). Score | Back
- 47. 100 Points The summer season has the biggest angle of separation. Score | Back
- 48. 200 Points At Sunrise and Sunset or the beginning and end of the day. Score | Back
- 49. 300 Points Shadows change size when the sun's position changes in the sky. Score | Back
- 50. 400 Points The Winter shadows are longer and out for less time. Score | Back
- 51. 500 Points Winter Spring Summer Fall Score | Back
- 52. Scores Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5 Team 6 Team 7 Back
- 53. Daily Double!!! Please pick up a pen from the pen tray and, in the box below, write down the amount that you are willing to wager. Go To Daily Double Question | Back | Music
- 54. Daily Double!!! Label the Four Seasons in the Northern Hemisphere. Fall Summer Winter Spring Go To Daily Double Answer | Back | Music
- 55. Daily Double!!! Insert answer to Daily Double here. Winter Spring Summer Fall Score | Back