Double Jeopardy Astronomy

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Double Jeopardy Astronomy

Created by Mildred
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Final DOUBLE Jeopardy
Spectrum
Misc.
Killer Ques.
Stuff
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Each element emits its unique pattern of lines
when heated. This pattern is called the
element's........
Emission spectrum
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What kind of electromagnetic radiation is given
off by all warm objects?
Infra red
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As wavelength increases what happens to frequency?
It decreases.
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Which wavelength of visible light is the shortest?
Violet
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90 of the energy emitted by the sun is in the
form of......
Visible light
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DAILY DOUBLE
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The deflection of air and water currents on the
earth is called....
The Coriolis effect
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The geocentric model of the solar system failed
because it could not explain....
The retrograde motion of the planets
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How long is a day on Neptune?
16 hours
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How many times brighter than the sun is Aldebaran?
About 100 times brighter
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What color light would have a wavelength of
5.5x10-5cm?
Yellow
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How far is it from Mars to Jupiter?
550.4 million km.
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What is the best evidence that a planet rotates?
Observations from space of surface features on
the planet.
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When the gravitational attraction between the
earth and the sun is weakest, the earths
potential energy is....
Greatest
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What is the distance between the earth and the
moon in millions of kilometers?
0.386 million kilometers
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Which planets have orbits that are rounder than
the orbit of the earth?
Venus and Neptune
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In what direction is the tail of a comet always
pointing?
Away from the sun
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Comets are made of....
Ice and rock
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What happens to the wavelengths of EM radiation
that is moving away from the observer?
They get longer OR they are shifted towards the
red end of the spectrum.
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What term describes the model that correctly
describes our solar system?
Heliocentric
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Which of the following is NOT part of our solar
system Asteroid, Moon, Nebula, Planet, Meteor.
Nebula
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The name of our galaxy is
The Milky Way
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How long is a lunar day?
27 days, 8 hours
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DAILY DOUBLE
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What is the most irrelevant piece of information
you will ever learn in high school?
Keppler's law of 'equal swept area in equal time'
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In a diagram of the earth's orbit, where is the
sun located?
At one of the foci
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At what rate to the stars move through the night
sky?
15o/hr
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FINAL JEOPARDY
Science Teachers
?
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Who is the best looking, the sexiest, the
greatest science teacher in the entire universe?