Title: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
1Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
2AstronomyThe Earth, Moon, and Sun
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3Phone A Friend
- OK ContestantPlease select a friend to help you
with this one. You have thirty seconds to
discuss your options
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4Ask the Audience
- Audience, we need your help on this onein a
moment, well ask you to indicate, by show of
hands, your choice for the correct answer
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5Fifty - Fifty
50/50
- Youve asked that two of the wrong answers be
eliminated, leaving you with one wrong answer
plus the correct one.
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6Correct
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7Incorrect
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8How long does it take for the Earth to revolve
around the sun?
50/50
365 and ¼ days
30 days
A
B
About an hour
28.5 days
C
D
9How long does it take for the moon to revolve
around the Earth?
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12 hours
1 day
A
B
1 Week
One Month
C
D
10The Earth rotates on an axis. It is tilted at
this angle
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28 degrees
15.5 degrees
A
B
23.5 degrees
1 degree
C
D
11When the moon is getting bigger, it is
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Waltzing
Wavering
A
B
Waxing
Waning
C
D
12How many sides of the moon do we see?
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All
One
A
B
Four
None
C
D
13The the Moon appears to be getting smaller, it is
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Waxing
Wandering
A
B
Revolting
Waning
C
D
14This is what the moon does with light
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Defends it
Rejects it
A
B
Reflects it
Eats it
C
D
15The Equinox is
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A cool restaurant
The time of year when the sun shines directly on
the equator
A
B
When the Sun and the Moon align
An unknown planet
C
D
16In which direction does the Earth rotate?
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Clockwise
Left and Right
A
B
Up and Down
Counter-Clockwise
C
D
17The Moon changes in shape and sizethis is why we
have different phases
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True
False
A
B
NO!
Who knows?
C
D
18What would happen if the Earth wasnt tilted on
its axis?
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We would have more seasons
We would have the same season all year long
A
B
We would have constant daylight
The Earth would stop moving
C
D
19The Sun provides us with all of the following
except
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Heat
Light
A
B
Energy
Wind Power
C
D
20If a figure skater is spinning, he or she is
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Rotating
Revolving
A
B
Waning
Waxing
C
D
21If it is the middle of the night in Robbinsville,
we are
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Wide awake
Facing away from the Sun
A
B
Facing toward the Sun
Blocking the Sun
C
D
22If we lived on the Earths moon, we would do all
of the following except
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Breathe Oxygen without any spacesuit
Feel no gravity
A
B
Explore rocks and craters
Revolve around the Earth
C
D