Weather and Space Science

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Weather and Space Science
JEOPARDY
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Weather and Space ScienceCategories
Planets The Sun The Moon Weather Water Cycle Grab Bag
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Planets 100

• What is the first planet from the sun?

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Planets 100

• Mercury

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Planets 200

• What are the inner planets in order from the sun?

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Planets 200

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

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Planets 300

• What are the outer planets in order from the sun?

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Planets 300

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.

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Planets 400

• How is Pluto classified? Why?

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Planets 400

• Pluto is classified as a dwarf planet because it
  is so small.

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Planets for 500

• Why does a year on Jupiter last longer than a
  year on the Earth?

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Planets for 500

• Jupiter is farther from the sun.

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The Sun for 100

• What is the star at the center of our solar
  system called?

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The Sun for 100

• The sun

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The Sun for 200

• What force keeps the planets in orbit around the
  sun?

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The Sun for 200

• Gravity

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The Sun for 300

• What two gases mainly make up the sun?

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The Sun for 300

• It is mostly composed of hydrogen and helium.

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The Sun for 400

• What are sunspots?

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The Sun for 400

• These are the dark areas that are cooler than the
  rest of the suns surface.

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The Sun for 500

• Where does the process of nuclear fusion take
  place on the sun?

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The Sun for 500

• Nuclear fusion takes place in the suns core.

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The Moon for 100

• What are the different shapes the moon has in the
  sky called?

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The Moon for 100

• Phases

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The Moon for 200

• Why would the same object weigh more on the Earth
  than on the moon?

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The Moon for 200

• The moon has less gravity than the Earth.

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The Moon for300

• What phase is the moon in when you can barely see
  it?

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The Moon for 300

• It is the new moon.

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The Moon for 400

• How long does it take the moon to revolve around
  the Earth?

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The Moon for 400

• About 28 days.

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The Moon for 500

• Why do we only see one side of the moon from the
  Earth?

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The Moon for 500

• We only see one side of the moon because its
  revolution and its rotation take exactly the same
  amount of time.

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Weather for 100

• What is the layer of air that surrounds the earth
  called?

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Weather for 100

• The layer of air that surrounds the Earth is
  called the atmosphere.

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Weather for 200

• What is weather?

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Weather for 200

• Weather is the condition of the atmosphere
  outside at any given time.

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Weather for 300

• What is the boundary line between two moving air
  masses called?

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Weather for 300

• A front

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Weather for 400

• What are the four forms of precipitation?

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Weather for 400

• Rain, snow, sleet, and hail

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Weather for 500

• What causes wind to form on the Earths surface?

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Weather for 500

• Wind is caused by the uneven heating of the
  Earths surface by the sun.

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Water for 100

• What is the water cycle?

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Water for 100

• The change of water from one state to another as
  it moves between Earths surface and the
  atmosphere

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Water for 200

• What is evaporation?

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Water for 200

• Evaporation occurs when a liquid changes to a gas.

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Water for 300

• What is precipitation?

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Water for 300

• Precipitation is any form
• of water that falls naturally from the clouds.

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Water for 400

• How does the sun affect the water cycle?

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Water for 400

• The sun heats the water and causes it to
  evaporate.

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Water for 500

• What is the process by which water vapor becomes
  liquid water?

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Water for 500

• Condensation

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Grab Bag for 100

• What is rotation?

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Grab Bag for 100

• Rotation is the spinning of a planet or a moon on
  its axis.

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Grab Bag for 200

• What is the path that a planet or moon takes as
  it moves around another object called?

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Grab Bag for 200

• A revolution (or orbit)

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Grab Bag for 300

• What is the lunar cycle?

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Grab Bag for 300

• The changing phases of the moon as it revolves
  around the Earth

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Grab Bag for 400

• What is refraction?

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Grab Bag for 400

• Refraction is the bending of light as it moves
  from one material into another.

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Grab Bag for 500

• What is a warm front?

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Grab Bag for 500

• The boundary line formed when a warm air mass
  catches up to a cold air mass.