8th Grade Ch. 1 Review Game

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RulesRules

• Each member of the team answers 1 question.

• The team with the most points will get 5 points added to tomorrow’s test.

• If necessary there will be a tie-breaker question to decide the winning team.

Who wants to be a Who wants to be a scientist?scientist?

50/50

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The team has 3 opportunities to get help:

1. How long is one rotation of Earth ?

A 12 hours

B 24 hours

C 365 ¼ days

D 60 minutes

B 24 hours

1. What is the date of the vernal equinox?

A September 22

B March 21

C June 21

D December 21

B March 21

2. What is the tendency of an object to resist a change in

motion?

A pressure

B mass

C gravity

D inertia

D inertia

2. The craters on the Moon were caused by

A highlands

B volcanoes

C meteoroid impacts

D maria

C meteoroid impacts

3. Which of these statements about our

Moon is true?

A It is made of green cheese.

B It is a planet.

C It has dark, flat areas once thought

to be ancient seas.

D It has oceans of water on it.

C It has dark, flat areas once thought to be ancient seas.

3. The darkest part of a shadow is the

A umbra

B penumbra

C eclipse

D phase

A umbra

4. The moon’s mass is _____ of Earth’s mass.

A 1/4

B 1/40

C 1/8

D 1/80

D 1/80

4. Which statement is NOT true?

A The Earth orbits the Sun.

B The Moon orbits the Earth.

C The phases of the moon you see depends

on how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth.

D The Moon gives us energy.

D The Moon gives us energy

5. Which of these does NOT produce light?

A The Moon

B The Sun

C The North Star

D The Milky Way

A The Moon

5. We get seasons on Earth mainly because:

A The Earth gets farther from the Sun

B The Moon gets in the way of the Sun

C The Earth’s axis is tilted

D The Earth gets closer to the Sun

C The Earth’s axis is tilted

6. Why does a solar eclipse happen?

A The Sun goes behind another planet

B The Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth

C The Earth faces away from the Sun

D The Sun goes out for a while

B The Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth

6. One complete revolution of Earth is

called aA day

B year

C eclipse

D rotation

B year

7. The moon’s surface has dark, flat areas

called A highlands

B craters

C maria

D meteoroids

C maria

7. The moon is about ____ the diameter of the

Earth. A 1/4

B 1/2

C 1/8

D 1/3

A 1/4

8. When Earth’s shadow falls on the moon, the shadow causes a ___

A new moon

B solar eclipse

C full moon

D lunar eclipse

D lunar eclipse

8. The force of gravity depends on _____________ .

A mass and weight

B speed and distance

C mass and distance

D weight and speed

C mass and distance

9. The tide with the greatest difference

between low tide and high tide is _______?

A spring tide

B neap tide

C intertidal zone

D gravity tide

A spring tide

9. Which phase of the moon is this?

A waxing crescent

B waning crescent

C waxing gibbous

D waning gibbous

B waning crescent

10. It takes the moon about ______ to revolve

around Earth. A 24 hours

B 22 days

C 28 hours

D 27 days

D 27 days

10. What is the date of the summer solstice?

A September 22

B March 21

C June 21

D December 21

C June 21

11. The path Earth follows as it goes around the sun

A revolution

B orbit

C rotation

D year

B orbit

11. Earth rotates on its axis causing

A seasons

B day and night

C tides

D solstice

B day and night

12. The moon’s surface is covered with round

pits called

A highlands

B craters

C maria

D moon rocks

B craters

12. The best theory of the moon’s origin is

called the

A crash theory

B moon creation theory

C collision-ring theory

D big bang theory

C collision-ring theory

The Killer Question

What is the diameter of the

moon?

3, 476 km

3,476 km

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