Space Jeopardy

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Space Jeopardy
Measurement
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Solar System
Galaxies
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Created by Patricia Cox and Renee Beale -GCS
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used to measure the distances between cities
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What are kilometers or miles?
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the spinning of the Earth on its axis
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What is rotation?
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a group of stars, gas and dust held together by
gravity
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What is a galaxy?
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at the center of our solar system
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What is our sun?
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most common type of Galaxy
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What is an elliptical galaxay?
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Use this to measure the length of small objects
such as pencils
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What are centimeters or inches?
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distance light travels in a year about 9.5
trillion km.
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What is a light-year?
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the imaginary line around which the earth rotates
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What is an axis?
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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
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What are the planets in our Solar System?
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least common type of galaxy
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What are irregular galaxies?
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used to measure the distances in our Solar System
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What are astronomical units?
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the moon blocks all or part of the sun
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What is a solar eclipse?
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the imaginary line around which the earth rotates
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What is the axis?
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the average distance from the Earth to the sun
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What is an astromomical unit?
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comes in different shapes
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What are irregular galaxies?
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used to measure distances in and between galaxies
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What is light years?
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the Earths trip around the sun, it takes one year
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What is a revolution?
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a huge star that begins to use the gases in its
core
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What is a supergiant?
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our Solar System is part of this galaxy
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What is the Milky Way?
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type of galaxy shaped like huge footballs
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What are elliptical galaxies?
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equal to 150 km and used to measure long distances
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What is an astronomical unit?
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group of stars that form patterns in our sky
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What is a constellation?
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nine planets and other objects that orbit the sun
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What do you find in our Solar System?
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Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
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What are the four inner planets in our Solar
System?
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type of galaxy with arms radiating out from their
center?
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What is a spiral glaxay?