Jeopardy People Vocabulary

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People 100

• What country was Ptolemy from?

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Answer:Greece

People 200

• He believed in an earth-centered universe.

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Answer:Ptolemy

People 300

• He discovered gravity.

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Answer:Sir Isaac Newton

People 400

• He believed in a sun-centered universe with the planets orbiting the in an ellipse.

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Answer:Kepler

People 500

• He knew the planets orbited around the sun, but he thought they orbited in perfect circles.

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Answer:Copernicus

Vocabulary 100

• The study of the stars, planets, and all other heavenly bodies.

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Answer:astronomy

Vocabulary 200

• The force that resists motion

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Answer:friction

Vocabulary 300

• Tiny worlds traveling around the sun.

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Answer:Asteroids

Vocabulary 400

What is the definition of Solar System?

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Answer:The sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit the sun.

Vocabulary 500• What is the definition of a moon?

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Answer:A natural satellite orbiting a planet

Stars 100

• What is the most important star to humans?

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Answer:The sun

Stars 200

• What is another name for the North Star?

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Answer:Polaris

Stars 300

• What determines the color of a star?

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Answer:Its temperature

Stars 400

• Which color is the coolest and which color is the hottest?

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Answer:Coolest = redHottest = dark blue

Answer:magnitude

Stars 500

• What word describes the brightness of a star?

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Constellations 100

• How many constellations are there?

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Answer:88

Constellations 200

• What is another name for the constellation Orion?

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Answer:Hunter

Constellations 300

• Name 3 constellations seen in the Northern Hemisphere (that are from the study guide).

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Answer:Big DipperLeoLittle DipperGeminiAndromeda

Constellations 400

• Name the 3 constellations seen in the Southern Hemisphere (from the study guide).

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Answer:Southern CrossThe ScorpionThe Archer

Constellations 500

• What is the definition of a constellation?

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Answer:An imaginary picture outlined by the stars

Other… 100

• When doing an experiment, at least how many times should a scientist do it?

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Answer:3

Other… 200

• What is the name of our galaxy?

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Answer:Milky Way

Other… 300

• What are the three types of galaxies?

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Answer:SpiralEllipticalIrregular

Other… 400

• What is a revolution?

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Answer: one trip around the sun

Other… 500

• What three things affect the speed of a falling object?

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Answer:Air Resistance (friction because of air)Surface areaMass

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How fast does light travel?

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Answer:3,000 km a secondOr186,287 mi per second