8th Grade Ch. 1 Chalkboard Challenge Game

Chalkboard Challenge8th grade Chapter 1

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Earth in SpaceEarth in Space SeasonsSeasons MoonMoon Gravity & MotionGravity & Motion Eclipses & TidesEclipses & Tides

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The imaginary line that passes through Earth through the poles.100What is the axis?

Earth in Space for 100

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The spinning of Earth on its axis.200What is rotation ?

Earth in Space for 200

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It causes day and night.300What is the rotation of Earth on its axis?

Earth in Space for 300

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The amount of time it takes Earth to rotate once on its axis.400What is 24 hours

(1 day)?

Earth in Space for 400

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The path as Earth revolves around the Sun. 500What is an orbit?

Earth in Space for 500

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The primary reason Earth has seasons.100What is the tilt of

Earth’s axis?

Seasons for 100

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This means equal night.200What is equinox?

Seasons for 200

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June 21st 300What is the summer

solstice, the longest day of the year which has the

most daylight hours ?

Seasons for 300

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The date of the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year which has

the fewest hours of daylight.400What is December 21?

Seasons for 400

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The dates when the noon sun is directly above the equator.500What is March 21 & September 22?

Seasons for 500

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Different shapes of the moon you see from Earth100What are phases?

Moon for 100

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The best theory for the origin of the moon.200What is the collision-ring theory?

Moon for 200

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Round pits on the moon’s surface that are formed by meteorites300What are craters?

Moon for 300

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Mountains found on the moon’s surface.400What are highlands?

Moon for 400

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Dark, flat areas on the moon’s surface formed from huge ancient

lava flows500What are maria?

Moon for 500

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The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion.100What is inertia?

Gravity & Motion for 100

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The force of gravity on an object.200What is weight?

Gravity & Motion for 200

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States that every object in the universe attracts every other

object.300What is Newton’s law of universal gravitation?

Gravity & Motion for 300

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The amount of matter in an object.400What is mass?

Gravity & Motion for 400

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The two factors combined to keep Earth in orbit around the sun and the moon in orbit around Earth.500What is inertia and gravity?

Gravity & Motion for 500

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Occurs when a new moon blocks your view of the sun100What is a solar eclipse?

Eclipses & Tides for 100

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The very darkest part of the moon’s shadow during an eclipse.200What is the umbra?

Eclipses & Tides for 200

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A tide with the least difference between low and high tides.300What is a neap tide?

Eclipses & Tides for 300

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The tide when the gravity of the sun and the moon pull in the same

direction and produces the greatest difference between low

and high tides.400What is a spring tide?

Eclipses & Tides for 400

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The moon’s phase during a total solar eclipse.500What is a full moon ?

Eclipses & Tides for 500

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Write Your

Final Challenge

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The name of the first scientist that used a telescope to look at the

moon.

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TIME’SUP!

TIME’SUP!

Who was Galileo Galilei?

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