Solar System And Beyond Jeopardy Template

Earth and Sun	Earth and Moon	Tides and Eclipses	The Solar System	Planets
100 rotation What is the vocabulary term that means the act of spinning?	100 crater What is the vocabulary term for a hollow area or pit in the ground?	100 tides What is the vocabulary term for the daily rise and fall of the ocean's surface?	100 sun, moons, planets, stars What are 4 things that make up the solar system?	100 asteroids What is the vocabulary term for chunks of rock or metal in space?
200 24 hours How long does it take for the Earth to make one complete rotation?	200 Both are round, rocky objects in space. Both receive sunlight from the Sun. How are the Earth and Moon alike?	200 The moon's gravity What causes tides?	200 8 How many planets orbit the sun?	200 Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars Name the 4 rocky planets?
300 The rotation of Earth on its axis. One half of the planet always faces the Sun while the other half faces away from the Sun. What causes Earth's cycle of day and night?	300 Earth has air and large amount of water. Moon has craters and Earth does not. How are the Earth and Moon different?	300 lunar eclipse What is it when the Earth casts a shadow on the Moon?	300 gravity Which force keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?	300 Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune Name the 4 gas giants?
400 revolution What vocabulary term describes when one object travels around another?	400 phases What is the vocabulary term that describes the different shapes of the moon?	400 solar eclipse What is it when the Moon casts a shadow on the Earth?	400 telescope, Gailileo What tool makes faraway objects seem close? Who made the first one?	400 Jupiter What is the largest planet in our solar system?
500 ellipse or flattened circle What shape is the Earth's orbit?	500 29 days How much time passes between a full moon and half moon?	500 solar eclipse What eclipse should humans not look at directly?	500 shuttle and rocket missions. probes, rovers and powerful telescope How do scientists learn about space?	500 Asteroids collide and break into pieces and called meteoroids. If it enters Earth's atmosphere its a meteor and if it reaches Earth's surface its a meteorite. Describe how meteoroids become meteors and meteorites?

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