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Smartboard JeopardySmartboard Jeopardy

L. Harvey AlmarodeInstructor

L. Harvey AlmarodeInstructor Memorial Hall 3625D

MSC 6907Harrisonburg, VA 22807

540-568-4550almarolh@jmu.edu

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The Solar System (Grade 3)

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Directions for using this Smartboard Jeopardy template.

Double click on the Category names to edit and change. Edit each of the Question pages with the Question and Answer. You must move the purple reveal box to enter the correct response, then move the reveal box over the answer until it is covered. After all questions are entered Save As ... and give it another name. This helps preserve the template. The blank purple button in the center of the Jeopardy board is an Infinite Cloner and is used to place over the question button when you return to the Jeopardy Board. This shows that this button has been chosen and can not be chosen again. The white cells are for the score keeper to keep score of the teams. Drag the numbers to the cell to change score. Drag the white rectangle to the cell to delete score.

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This planet is closest to the sun. It has no moon, and it's surface is rocky, with many craters.

Jeopardy BoardWhat is Mercury?

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Planets - 100

What are The Inner Planets?

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The four planets closest to the sun are in this group.

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Planets - 200

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This is the term for the outer four planets.

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Planets - 300

Planets- 400

This planet is the hottest planet and has a thick atmosphere made mostly of carbon dioxide.

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What is Venus?

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Planets - 500

These planets are smaller, rocky, have few moons, and revolve quicker around the Sun.

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What are the Inner Planets?

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Tides - 100

This is the cause of tides.

Jeopardy BoardWhat is the gravitational pull of the moon?

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Tides - 200

The Spring Tides occur during these two moon phases.

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What is the New and Full Moon?

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Tides - 300

The Neap Tides occur during these two moon phases.

Jeopardy BoardWhat is the First and Third Quarter Moons?

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Tides - 400

The side facing the moon and the opposite side of the Earth experience these.

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What are High Tides?

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Tides - 500

These are the rise and fall of Earth's waters.

Jeopardy BoardWhat are Tides?

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To Infinity and Beyond! - 100

The Earth’s orbit around the sun is NOT a perfect circle. It is this shape.

Jeopardy BoardWhat is an ellipse?

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To Infinity and Beyond! - 200

Earth’s axis is tilted at this degree.

Jeopardy BoardWhat is 23.5° ?

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To Infinity and Beyond! - 300

These are known as the shortest and longest days of the year and occur on June and Dec. 21st.

Jeopardy BoardWhat is a Solstice?

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To Infinity and Beyond! - 400

These occur twice a year when the daytime hours equal the nighttime hours.

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What is an Equinox?

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To Infinity and Beyond! - 500

Explain why the northern hemisphere has winter even though it's closest to the sun at that time.

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During the winter, the Sun's rays hit the Earth at an extreme angle, and the days are very short.

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To the Moon and Back - 100

These are different shapes the moon seems to have in the sky.

Jeopardy BoardWhat are phases?

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To the Moon and Back - 200

Jeopardy BoardWhat is a solar eclipse?

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This happens when the moon moves between the Earth and the sun; the moon's shadow falls on Earth.

To the Moon and Back - 300

This happens when Earth's shadow falls on the moon.

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What is a lunar eclipse?

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To the Moon and Back - 400

It takes the moon this long to revolve around Earth.

Jeopardy BoardWhat is 27.3 days?

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To the Moon and Back - 500

This is not a phase of the moon:newfullcrescenteclipse

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What is eclipse?

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This is an imaginary line that goes through the North Pole and South Pole.

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What is Earth's axis?

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This is the spinning of an object on its axis.

Jeopardy BoardWhat is rotation?

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Earth circles the sun; this is the movement of one object around another.

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What is revolution?

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This is the reason for the seasons.

Jeopardy BoardWhat is the tilt of the Earth's axis?

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The meaning of this word is "Sun Stands Still".

Jeopardy BoardWhat is a Solstice?

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