Welcome to Earth and Moon Jeopardy! I’m your Jeopardy host! Today we will be reviewing the Earth and Moon’s place in the solar system, and how seasons.

Welcome to Earth and Moon Jeopardy!

I’m your Jeopardy host! Today we will be reviewing the Earth and Moon’s place in the solar system, and how seasons occur. It’s out of this world!

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Let’s play Jeopardy!Choose from one of five categories. Then choose a point value. The larger the value, the more difficult

the question. Choose from one of four answers.When you are finished with each question, clickthe home button to go back to the game board.If you are playing as a team, the team with the

most points wins! Have fun, and remember,

SCIENCE RULES!

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Sun Earth Moon Jeopardy Review

Earth

The Seasons

Phases of the Moon

Eclipses Tides

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This is what causes day and night on the Earth

A. The tilted axis.

B. The Earth’s rotation.

C. The Earth revolving around the sun..

D. The sun spinning.

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You Are Correct!!

The earth spins on its own axis at 1600 km/hr!

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Sorry,Wrong Answer!

The correct answer is the Earth’s rotationOn its own axis!

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The length of time for one revolution around the sun to occur.

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This is a measurement of distance from the equator, expressed in

degrees north or south.

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The area of the Earth that receives the most direct sunlight, and is therefore warm year round.

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23.5 degrees

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What is the tilt of the Earth’s axis?

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This is the reason for the Earth’s seasons.

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When the Earth’s axis is pointed towards the sun, this is the season

experienced by the Northern hemisphere.

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This is the shortest day of the year.

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What is winter solstice?(Dec. 21)

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This event occurs twice a year when neither end of the Earth’s axis is tilted towards the sun.

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This is the longest day of the year.

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What is summer solstice?(June 21st)

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29.5 days

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What is a moon day and/or a moon year.

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The phase of the moon when no moonlight is seen.

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What is the tilt of the moon’s orbit?

The moon phase when the moon is between the Earth and the

Sun.

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What is a new moon?

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The approximate time it takes the moon to complete a cycle of

phases.

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What is a new moon?

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The reason why eclipses don’t occur every new moon.

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The two types of eclipses.

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What is lunar and solar!

When the moon passes between Earth and the sun, blocking the sunlight from reaching

Earth, this occurs.

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What is a solar eclipse?

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During a full moon when Earth is directly between the moon and the

sun, this occurs.

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What is a lunar eclipse?

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The darkest part of the moon’s shadow during a solar eclipse

is called this.

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What is the umbra?

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The number of high and low tides in one day.

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Spring tide, or really low and really high tides, occur during these

moon phases.

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Neap tides occur during these moon phases.

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What are the 1st and 3rd quarter phases?

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The reason why tides occur on Earth.

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What is the gravitational pull of the moon?

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The sides of the Earth that are aligned with the moon

experience this type of tide.

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What is high tide?

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A volleyball player bumps the ball. The forces are equal

and opposite, explain why the motion is not.

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The forces are equal and opposite, but the objects the forces are being

placed on are not. They have differing amounts of mass, and therefore different amounts of inertia. The one with the least

inertia moves the most.

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What is two high and two low?

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What is the difference between a waxing and a

waning moon?

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A waxing moons phases are ‘growing’ in size, while a

waning moon are the phases between full moon

and new moon.

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