Jeopardy PPT Stars
St rs Jeopardy
Mr. Golden
Sun
Loco-Motion
H-R Diagram Life Cycle Mixed Bag
$100 Question from Mr. Golden Sun
List the 4 layers of the Sun from innermost to outermost.
$100 Answer from Mr. Golden Sun
Core, Photosphere, Chromosphere, Corona
$200 Question from Mr. Golden Sun
How does solar wind affect Earth?
$200 Answer from Mr. Golden Sun
The wind comes from the corona and is full of ions and is deflected by Earth’s magnetic field/trapped in
Van Allen belts and react with gases
give off light(aurora).
$300 Question from Mr. Golden Sun
What causes sunspots to form?
$300 Answer from Mr. Golden Sun
They are where the magnetic field penetrates the photosphere.
$400 Question from Mr. Golden Sun
Compare solar flares with prominences.
$400 Answer from Mr. Golden Sun
Solar flares are violent eruptions of particles/radiation while prominences are arcs of gas ejected from the chromospheres/condenses in corona and comes back to surface.
$500 Question from Mr. Golden Sun
How does the Sun create energy for solar activity?
Explain
$500 Answer from Mr. Golden Sun
Fusion: lightweight nuclei into heavier
H with He
$100 Question from LocoMotion
This is when two stars are gravitationally bound and orbit a common center of mass?
$100 Answer from LocoMotion
Binary stars
$200 Question from LocoMotion
Arrange the following from smallest to largest: parsec, astronomical unit, kilometer, light-year.
$200 Answer from LocoMotion
Smallest
Kilometer, AU, Light-year, Parsec <--Largest
$300 Question from LocoMotion
Explain blue shift and red shift in regards to stars. Be sure to include why we associate colors with the shift!
$300 Answer from LocoMotion
Blue
towards Red
away ; wavelength relates to color wavelength in visible spectrum.
$400 Question from LocoMotion
Why might a star have the same absolute magnitude but different apparent magnitudes?
$400 Answer from LocoMotion
Appears to be same brightness but different distances.
$500 Question from LocoMotion
Defend or refute this statement & explain:
As the distance between the star and the
Earth[observer] increases, the parallax decreases.
$500 Answer from LocoMotion
True because the angle between the star and the
Earth at two different positions during orbit become smaller.
$100 Question from H-R Diagram
What three characteristics of stars does the
H-R diagram show?
$100 Answer from H-R Diagram
Color, temperature, and luminosity
$200 Question from H-R Diagram
90% of stars occupy this region in the
HR diagram?
$200 Answer from H-R Diagram
Main sequence stars
$300 Question from H-R Diagram
Illustrate on the board where the Sun would fall on the HR diagram?
$300 Answer from H-R Diagram
Roughly the center of main sequence
$400 Question from H-R Diagram
What are the hottest and most dim stars called?
$400 Answer from H-R Diagram
White dwarfs
$500 Question from H-R Diagram
Where would a black hole would go on the H-R diagram?
$500 Answer from H-R Diagram
Off the chart to the right (WAY over to the right) and underneath (WAY under).
$100 Question from Lifecycle
Where all stars form?
$100 Answer from Lifecycle
Nebula
$200 Question from Lifecycle
Whether or not a star will eventually form a white dwarf or a supernova depends on this?
$200 Answer from Lifecycle
Mass
$300 Question from Lifecycle
After an average sized star, a star will become this?
$300 Answer from Lifecycle
Red Giant
$400 Question from Lifecycle
Why do stars move through stages during their life cycle?
$400 Answer from Lifecycle
When hydrogen in core is gone, cannot undergo fusion
$500 Question from Lifecycle
Explain how the lifetime of stars is determined by their mass?
$500 Answer from Lifecycle
High mass stars will burn fuel more quickly versus low mass which burn slowly.
$100 Question from Mixed Bag
Name the longest running cartoon in US history.
$100 Answer from Mixed Bag
The Simpsons
$200 Question from Mixed Bag
Name the RI State Bird.
$200 Answer from Mixed Bag
RI Red
$300 Question from Mixed Bag
Name the term used to describe a word that is the same spelled the same backwards and forwards
Ex: racecar, madam, radar
$300 Answer from Mixed Bag
Palindrome
$400 Question from Mixed Bag
List the 4 presidents found on Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota
$400 Answer from Mixed Bag
Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Lincoln
$500 Question from Mixed Bag
What is the name of
Jasmine’s pet tiger in
Aladdin?
$500 Answer from Mixed Bag
Rajah
Final Jeopardy
Explain how the universe would be different if massive stars did not explode at the end of their lives.
Final Jeopardy Answer
Heavy elements would not be dispersed, and they would not be available for incorporation into later generations of stars or for the formation of planets in solar systems.
Tools of Astronomy
$100
What is the main difference between a refracting and a reflecting telescope?
Tools of Astronomy $100
Refracting=lenses
Reflecting=mirrors
Tools of Astronomy $200
What is the relationship between wavelength and frequency?
Tools of Astronomy $200
Inversely proportional
Tools of Astronomy $300
Why is interferometry useful to astronomers?
Tools of Astronomy $300
By combining the images from several telescopes, astronomers can create highly defined and detailed images.
Tools of Astronomy $400
List 3 forms of electromagnetic radiation.
Tools of Astronomy $400
UV, radio, microwave, infared,
X-ray, gamma ray
Tools of Astronomy $500
Relate electromagentic spectrum to astronomy…i.e. why learn about it now?
Tools of Astronomy $500
The radiation from distant bodies in the universe; objects in space emit radiation.
