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Astronomy Edition!
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Volunteers? 1 person to time and click– time 20 seconds, click when told 1 person to keep score – accurate and quick!
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JEOPARDY! LGHS Sports LGHS Teachers Clubs & Activities School Events Classes $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Final Jeopardy
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WARNING: Ms. Minson is terrible at determining question difficulty. Therefore, an easy question could be worth $200 while a difficult question might be $100. You have been warned!
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JEOPARDY! $150 $250 $300 $150 $200 $150 $300$250$200 $300 $250 $200 $300$350$150$200 Final Jeopardy Moon Vocabulary Period & Velocity Tides Miscellaneous
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Moon for $150 A: The moon was formed when an object of this size collided with the Earth and the cloud of debris coalesced.
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Moon for $150 A: The moon was formed when an object of this size collided with the Earth and the cloud of debris coalesced. Q: What is Mars-sized?
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A: The diagram shown here depicts this phenomena. Moon for $250 (2 words!)
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A: The diagram shown here depicts this phenomena. Moon for $250 Q: What is a solar eclipse? (2 words!)
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A: The diagram shown here depicts this phenomena. Moon for $250 (2 words!)
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A: The diagram shown here depicts this phenomena. Moon for $250 Q: What is a lunar eclipse? (2 words!)
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A: When a solar eclipse occurs, the moon is in this phase. Moon for $300
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A: When a solar eclipse occurs, the moon is in this phase. Moon for $300 Q: What is a new moon?
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A: When a lunar eclipse occurs, the moon is in this phase. Moon for $300
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A: When a lunar eclipse occurs, the moon is in this phase. Moon for $300 Q: What is full moon?
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A: The speed at which one object moves around another is called its orbital _____________. Period & Velocity for $150
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A: The speed at which one object moves around another is called its orbital _____________. Q: What is velocity? Period & Velocity for $150
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Period & Velocity for $200 A: This is how long it takes a given object, like Mercury, to make one complete orbit around another object, like the sun. It is equal to a year.
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Period & Velocity for $200 A: This is how long it takes a given object, like Mercury, to make one complete orbit around another object, like the sun. It is equal to a year. Q: What is period?
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Period & Velocity for $300 A: This is the planet with the shortest orbital period and the fastest orbital velocity.
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Period & Velocity for $300 A: This is the planet with the shortest orbital period and the fastest orbital velocity. Q: What is Mercury?
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Period & Velocity for $300 A: This is the planet with the longest orbital period and the slowest orbital velocity.
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Period & Velocity for $300 A: This is the planet with the longest orbital period and the slowest orbital velocity. Q: What is Neptune?
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Period & Velocity for $300 A: This is one complete spin or rotation of an object, like Earth, on its axis.
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Period & Velocity for $300 A: This is one complete spin or rotation of an object, like Earth, on its axis. Q: What is a revolution?
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Tides for $150 A: These are the two objects that work together to create a spring tide, a type of extreme tide on Earth.
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Tides for $150 A: These are the two objects that work together to create a spring tide, a type of extreme tide on Earth. Q: What are the sun and moon?
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Tides for $200 A: The most extreme tides in the world are found at this location. ________ of ________
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Tides for $200 A: The most extreme tides in the world are found at this location. Q: What is the Bay of Fundy?
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Tides for $250 A: Large tides are seen when the moon is in either of these two phases.
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Tides for $250 A: Large tides are seen when the moon is in either of these two phases. Q: What are new moon and full moon?
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Tides for $250 A: Despite differences in size, this is why the moon has a greater gravitational effect on the tides than the sun.
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Tides for $250 A: Despite differences in size, this is why the moon has a greater gravitational effect on the tides than the sun. Q: What is because the moon is closer?
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Star H Fe Tides for $350 A: When a neap tide is when the tides are less extreme than usual and occurs for this reason.
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Tides for $350 A: When a neap tide is when the tides are less extreme than usual and occurs for this reason. Q: What is the gravitational pull of the sun and moon working against each other?
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Miscellaneous for $150 A: Our solar system formed from this, NOT during the Big Bang.
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Miscellaneous for $150 A: Our solar system formed from this, NOT during the Big Bang. Q: What is a nebula, or cloud of dust?
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Miscellaneous for $200 A: When Los Gatos is experiencing winter, this hemisphere is tilted towards the sun.
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Miscellaneous for $200 A: When Los Gatos is experiencing winter, this hemisphere is tilted towards the sun. Q: What is the Southern Hemisphere?
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Miscellaneous for $200 A: The Earth is tilted on its axis by 23.5°. If the Earth’s tilt was 0°, we would not experience this.
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Miscellaneous for $200 A: The Earth is tilted on its axis by 23.5°. If the Earth’s tilt was 0°, we would not experience this. Q: What are seasons?
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Miscellaneous for $250 A: This is the order of the planets.
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Miscellaneous for $250 A: This is the order of the planets. Q: What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
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Miscellaneous for $150 A: Point A is located at this latitude and longitude.
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Miscellaneous for $150 A: Point A is located at this latitude and longitude. Q: What is 180°E, 75°N.
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Vocabulary for $150 A: Kepler showed that Earth’s orbit is very, very close to being a perfect circle but it is not, instead forming this shape.
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Vocabulary for $150 A: Kepler showed that Earth’s orbit is very, very close to being a perfect circle but it is not, instead forming this shape. Q: What is an ellipse?
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Vocabulary for $150 A: This nearby planet has clouds of sulfuric acid in its atmosphere and is very hot.
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Vocabulary for $150 A: This nearby planet has clouds of sulfuric acid in its atmosphere and is very hot. Q: What is Venus?
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Vocabulary for $200 A: This is a tool used for measuring the angle of the sun in the sky.
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Vocabulary for $200 A: This is a tool used for measuring the angle of the sun in the sky. Q: What is a gnomon?
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Vocabulary for $200 A: Mars and Jupiter are separated in space by an area called this.
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Vocabulary for $200 A: Mars and Jupiter are separated in space by an area called this. Q: What is an asteroid belt?
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Vocabulary for $200 A: The distance between the sun and a planet is known by this geometry term, meaning ‘half of a diameter.’
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Vocabulary for $200 A: The distance between the sun and a planet is known by this geometry term, meaning ‘half of a diameter.’ Q: What is a radius?
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Final Jeopardy!
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Clubs & Activities for $300 A: This club is advised by Mrs. DeLaPaz and Mrs. Burlinson and addresses environmental concerns on campus.
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Clubs & Activities for $300 A: This club is advised by Mrs. DeLaPaz and Mrs. Burlinson and addresses environmental concerns on campus. Q: What is Fading Footprints?
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