Jeopardy Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Short Answer Miscellaneous Balloon Rocket The Moon Space Travel Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question What are the two factors that keep a planet in orbit?

$100 Answer Inertia and Gravity

$200 Question If the mass of one object increases and the distance stays the same, what happens to the force of gravity between the two objects?

$200 Answer The force of gravity increases

$300 Question What causes the seasons?

$300 Answer The tilt of the Earth’s axis as it revolves around the sun

$400 Question How are solar eclipses and lunar eclipses different?

$400 Answer Solar Eclipse – the moon is directly between the sun and the Earth. Moon is in new moon Phase. (rare) Lunar Eclipse – the Earth is directly between the sun and the moon. Moon is in full moon Phase.

$500 Question How did the moon form?

$500 Answer An asteroid hit the Earth as it was developing. Debris from Earth’s outer layer orbited around the Earth and was then pulled together by gravity and formed the moon.

$100 Question Regions formed from huge lava flows are called __________________.

$100 Answer Maria

$200 Question When the moon is “growing”, it is __________

$200 Answer waxing

$300 Question Perform rotation

$300 Answer Spinning on your axis

$400 Question What event started the “space race”?

$400 Answer The launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik I

$500 Question Put the phases of the moon in order from new Moon and back.

$500 Answer New moon, waxing crescent, 1st quarter, Waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, 3rd quarter, waning crescent, new moon

$100 Question A spacecraft that has various scientific instruments that can collect data, including visual images, but has no human crew is called a _________________________.

$100 Answer Space probe

$200 Question A ______________________ is a large artificial satellite on which people can live and work for long periods.

$200 Answer Space Station

$300 Question Some probes have small robots called ______________ that can move about on the surface of another planet or moon.

$300 Answer Rovers

$400 Question A ______________ is a spacecraft that can carry a crew into space, return to Earth, and then be reused for the same purpose.

$400 Answer Space shuttle

$500 Question What was the goal of the Apollo program?

$500 Answer To land astronauts on the moon

$100 Question The force that propels a rocket forward is called _______________

$100 Answer thrust

$200 Question The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion is __________________.

$200 Answer inertia

$300 Question The main advantage of a multistage rocket is that the total _________ of the rocket is reduced as the rocket rises. This always it to go further and faster.

$300 Answer weight

$400 Question When the sun, moon and Earth are lined up, what type of tide occurs?

$400 Answer Spring

$500 Question The two days of the year when neither hemisphere is tilted towards the sun is called ______________

$500 Answer Equinox

$100 Question True or False – How tightly the string is held affects the distance the balloon rocket goes.

$100 Answer True

$200 Question The balloon rocket lab demonstrates which law of motion?

$200 Answer Newton’s 3rd law

$300 Question How would you increase the distance your balloon rocket flew?

$300 Answer More Air, Larger Balloon or see teacher

$400 Question State Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion.

$400 Answer For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

$500 Question Compare a real rocket to the way a balloon rocket works.

$500 Answer Both have equal and opposite forces, one uses a combustion engine the other uses air as a fuel. A Teacher discretion

Final Jeopardy List the 7 steps of the scientific method In order

Final Jeopardy Answer State the problem Research Hypothesis Perform the experiment Collect data Draw a conclusion Repeat