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University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln NE [email protected]
402-472-8685
Astronomy and Light JeopardyBy Christine DeVries
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Astronomers &
Theories
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These are the Latin words for sun and
moon
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The movement of the Earth about the
Sun
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This theory, elucidated by
Ptolemy, places the Earth at the center
of the universe
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This famed scientist
determined the two factors that keep
the planets in orbit
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This astronomer showed that the
orbit of each planet is an ellipse.
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Astronomers &
Theories
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This theory states that the planets
revolve around the sun
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Most astronomers from this region believed that the
universe is perfect and unchangeable
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He was the first scientist to use a
telescope to look at objects in the sky
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This Polish astronomer
believed in the heliocentric
system
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This metal-nosed man observed the
position of planets, providing data later studied by Kepler
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Light
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Orange wavelengths of
light are reflected off of this
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These are the primary colors of
light
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These substances are used to color paints or other
materials
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These two colors are additively mixed to give
yellow
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This term describes any two colors that
are combined to make white light
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Light
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The appearance of water ahead on the road on a summer
day
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This occurs when light rays hit a
bumpy or uneven surface.
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The bending of light waves they enter a different
medium
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The definitions of transparent, opaque, & translucent
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This mirror forms virtual or real
images
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Earth, Moon, & Sun
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The main force that changes the
tides
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This movement causes day and
night.
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The phase of the moon during a lunar eclipse
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The reasons for the seasons
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The darkest part of the shadow of an
eclipse
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Earth, Moon, & Sun
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This term describes the lighter, larger
part of an eclipse’s shadow
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This tide occurs when the moon is
at a 90 degree angle from the
earth
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Areas of cooler gas in the photosphere
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A tide with the greatest difference between low and
high tide
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These are huge looping explosions of gas through the
chromosphere
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Seeing is
Believing
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A person who can see objects far away but close
objects are blurry
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The part of the eye that looks black
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This uses lenses or mirrors to collect and focus light
from distant objects
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The colored muscle in the eye
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This type of lens produces a virtual
image
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Seeing is
Believing
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This uses lenses to focus light and
record an image of an object
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A short, thick nerve that sends signals generated
within the retina to the brain
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This lens is thicker in the center then
at the edge
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The clear lens that protects the eyes
from dust
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This term refers to how light waves in a laser beam all match
crest with crest,trough with trough
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It’s a Big, Big, Big, Big World!
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The smallest planet
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The two factors that keep the
planets in orbit
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The term for a meteoroid that hits
Earth’s surface
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The name of Pluto’s moon
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A streak of light in the sky
or “falling star”
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It’s a Big, Big, Big, Big World!
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The group of rocks between Mars and
Jupiter
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In this process, hydrogen atoms combine to form
helium and a lot of energy
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Gas Giants
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A chunk of Rock or Dirt in Space
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This heavenly body is sometimes
described as “A dirty snowball”
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FinalJeopardy
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The formal name for a LASER
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The three outer layers of the sun
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The correct order of the planets
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The type of image on my retina right
now
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The phases of the moon, in order
(starting with the all dark phase)
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These occur in March, June,
September, and December
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When the moon is in Earth’s umbra,
you see this specific type of
eclipse
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A telescope that consists of two convex lenses
What is a refracting telescope?
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A telescope that uses a large
concave mirror to gather light
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How long it takes to complete the
cycle of the phases of the moon
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15,000,000 degrees Celsius
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When the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun
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The fraction of the moon that is
always lit Answer: what is half of the moon
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An elongated circle
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Q. What planet is I hard for satellites
to take pictures of?A. What is Venus?
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Q. What is it when a planet appears to
revolve in the opposite direction?
A. What is retrograde rotation?
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Q. What planet has the most prominent
rings?A. What is Saturn?
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Q. What planet is covered by over
75% water?A. What is Earth?
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Q: What disappeared on
NeptuneA: What is The
Great Dark Spot?
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A term used to describe the four
inner planets