1. Chalkboard Challenge Science Vocabulary
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Midyear Vocabulary Review

2. Let’s Play
Final Challenge
Solar System
Measurement
Weather
Energy
Earth/Moon
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3. In order from the sun, what is the sixth planet?
Solar System for 100
Saturn
In order from the sun, what is the sixth planet?
100

4. What is the only planet in our solar system that supports life?
Solar System for 200
Earth
200
What is the only planet in our solar system that supports life?

5. What is the largest object in our solar system?
Solar System for 300
300
What is the largest object in our solar system?
The sun

6. A year is the length of time it takes a planet to orbit the sun.
Solar System for 400
400
What is a year?
A year is the length of time it takes a planet to orbit the sun.

7. Solar System for 500
An orbit
500
What is the path of an object in space as it revolves around another body called?

8. Mass is the amount of matter in an object.
Measurement for 100
Mass is the amount of matter in an object.
100
What is mass?

9. What tool is used to measure mass?
Measurement for 200
200
What tool is used to measure mass?
Triple Beam Balance

10. Metric ruler or meter stick What tool is used to measure distance?
Measurement for 300
Metric ruler or meter stick
300
What tool is used to measure distance?

11. Measurement for 400
Thermometer or temperature probe
400
What tool is used to measure the heat energy in an object?

12. Measurement for 500
Graduated cylinder or beaker
500
What tool is used to measure the volume of a liquid?

13. What is the process of changing from a liquid to a gas called?
Weather for 100
Evaporation
100
What is the process of changing from a liquid to a gas called?

14. What is the process of changing from a gas to a liquid called?
Weather for 200
Condensation
200
What is the process of changing from a gas to a liquid called?

15. Weather is the condition of the air outside at any given time.
Weather for 300
Weather is the condition of the air outside at any given time.
300
What is weather?

16. What is the reason for the seasons?
Weather for 400
Seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth on its axis as it revolves around the sun.
400
What is the reason for the seasons?

17. Weather for 500
Precipitation is any form of water that falls naturally from the clouds.
500
What is precipitation?

18. Energy for 100
A push or a pull
100
What is a force?

19. 200 Energy for 200 The light energy bounces back from the surface.
What happens when light energy is reflected?

20. In order to have sound, something must—
Energy for 300
Vibrate
300
In order to have sound, something must—

21. What do lenses do to light that passes through them?
Energy for 400
Lenses refract light.
400
What do lenses do to light that passes through them?

22. Light, heat, sound, and magnetic effects
Energy for 500
Light, heat, sound, and magnetic effects
500
Name at least three things that electricity flowing in a circuit can produce.

23. Earth/Moon for 100
One rotation on its axis
100
What Earth cycle takes about 24 hours to complete?

24. Earth/Moon for 200
A hole in a planet or a moon’s surface caused by the impact of a meteorite
200
What is a crater?

25. 300 Earth/Moon for 300 The moon has no water or atmosphere.
Why can life NOT exist on the moon at the present time?

26. What phase of the moon comes after the waxing gibbous phase?
Earth/Moon for 400
The full moon
400
What phase of the moon comes after the waxing gibbous phase?

27. Earth/Moon for 500
The pull of gravity from the moon causes tides in the Earth’s oceans.
500
What causes the tides in the Earth’s oceans?

28. Write Your Final Challenge Wager
End Game
Write Your
Final Challenge
Wager
A mixture can be easily separated. The ingredients in a solution spread out evenly, making it more difficult to separate.
What is the difference between a mixture and a solution? Give an example of each.
TIME’S
UP!

29. Game Over