1. Chalkboard Challenge 6th Grade Science
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2. Let’s Play
Final Challenge
HEREDITY
FOSSILS
MORE OCEANS
Planet Trivia
OCEANS
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3. Examples of these are bones, imprints, coprolites
Heredity for 100
What are Fossils?
100
Examples of these are bones, imprints, coprolites

4. Characteristics that help an organism survive and reproduce
Heredity for 200
What are adaptations?
200
Characteristics that help an organism survive and reproduce

5. 300 Heredity for 300 Humans select these to gain a certain trait
What is selective breeding?
300
Humans select these to gain a certain trait

6. Heredity for 400
What is natural selection?
400
The process by which some survive and others die out

7. He used pea plants to study heredity
Heredity for 500
Who is Mendel?
500
He used pea plants to study heredity

8. Fossils for 100
What is superposition?
100
Younger over older

9. A belief that all geologic change occurs suddenly
Fossils for 200
What is catastrophism?
200
A belief that all geologic change occurs suddenly

10. Fossils for 300
What is absolute dating?
300
Trying to be absolutely sure of the years an object has existed

11. Fossils for 400
What is an isotope?
400
Atoms of the same element with the same # of protons but different neutrons

12. What is an unconformity? A missing part of the geologic column
Fossils for 500
What is an unconformity?
500
A missing part of the geologic column

13. Streamlike movements of ocean water far below the surface
Oceans for 100
What are deep currents?
100
Streamlike movements of ocean water far below the surface

14. 200 Oceans for 200 The turning of moving objects by Earth’s rotation
What is the Coriolis Effect?
200
The turning of moving objects by Earth’s rotation

15. The area between the breaker zone and the shore
Oceans for 300
What is the surf?
300
The area between the breaker zone and the shore

16. Oceans for 400
What is upwelling?
400
Process in which cold, nutrient-rich water from the deep ocean rises to replace surface water

17. Tides that occur when the sun, Earth, and moon form a 90’ angle
Oceans for 500
What are neap tides?
500
Tides that occur when the sun, Earth, and moon form a 90’ angle

18. White, foaming waves with steep crests that break in the open ocean
More Oceans for 100
What are whitecaps?
100
White, foaming waves with steep crests that break in the open ocean

19. Waves that crest and fall near shore
More Oceans for 200
What are breakers?
200
Waves that crest and fall near shore

20. Tides caused by the alignment of the sun, Earth, and moon
More Oceans for 300
What are spring tides?
300
Tides caused by the alignment of the sun, Earth, and moon

21. The lowest point of a wave
More Oceans for 400
What is the trough?
400
The lowest point of a wave

22. A wave that can be caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions
Oceans for 500
What is a tsunami?
500
A wave that can be caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions

23. Two kinds of energy we receive from the sun
Trivia for 100
What is heat & light?
100
Two kinds of energy we receive from the sun

24. This is when a planet travels in an orbit around the sun
Trivia for 200
What is revolution?
200
This is when a planet travels in an orbit around the sun

25. This planet is about half the size of Earth
Trivia for 300
What is Mars?
300
This planet is about half the size of Earth

26. 400 Trivia for 400 These planets have orbits between Earth and Uranus
What are Mars, Jupiter, & Saturn?
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These planets have orbits between Earth and Uranus

27. This gas is found in the atmosphere of all five outer planets
Trivia for 500
What is methane?
500
This gas is found in the atmosphere of all five outer planets

28. Io, the only moon with active volcanoes, orbits this planet
Final Challenge
End Game
Write Your
Final Challenge
Wager
What is Jupiter?
Io, the only moon with active volcanoes, orbits this planet
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29. Game Over