2. Academic Raceway 500

3. Welcome to the Academic Raceway 500 Complete Three Races to Win the Academic Trophy Qualifying Lap Space Science Texas Alliance Motor Speedway Indianapolis 500 Created by Dawn Warren Click here to begin. Click here to begin.

4. Qualifying Lap QUALIFYING LAP Click on the key to start

5. Pick the right pit stop to win the race. New moon, 1st quarter moon, full moon, last quarter moon New moon, half moon, old moon, quarter moon What are the four phases of the moon? New moon, 1 st quarter moon, whole moon, last quarter moon

6. Click here to go back to the correct Pit Stop and have your car repaired. You’ve Crashed!

7. Pick the right pit stop to win the race. What is the main cause for the Earth’s tides? The moon’s gravity The sun’s gravityThe earth’s waves

8. Click here to go back to the correct Pit Stop and have your car repaired. You’ve Crashed

9. Pick the right pit stop to win the race. The dark spots on the sun are areas that are _________. where you can find landforms. cooler than the rest of the sun. hotter than the rest of the sun.

10. Click here to go back to the correct Pit Stop and have your car repaired. You’ve Crashed!

11. Pick the right pit stop to win the race. From the sun’s light reflecting off of them From the sun’s light refracting off of them The moon and the Earth do not make their own light. Where do they get their light from? From the light off of other stars

12. Click here to go back to the correct Pit Stop and have your car repaired. You’ve Crashed!

13. Pick the right pit stop to win the race. 27.3 days 24 hours How long does it take the Earth to rotate one full turn on its axis? 365 days

14. Click here to go back to the correct Pit Stop and have your car repaired. You’ve Crashed!

15. Congratulations! You’ve Qualified! Click here to go to your first race.

16. Atlanta Motor Speedway Click on the key to start

17. Pick the right pit stop to win the race. This is not true. The moon’s surface is always changing due to the wind and water on the moon causing erosion. The moon does not have wind or water so no weathering or erosion can happen there. The moon’s surface never changes because ______. The water on the moon does not go everywhere.

18. Click here to go back to the correct Pit Stop and have your car repaired. You’ve Crashed!

19. Pick the right pit stop to win the race. Why does the moon have more craters than Earth? Because the moon is further out than the Earth and gets hit more often than the Earth. Because the Earth is older, having more time to be hit.It doesn’t. The Earth has many more craters.

20. Click here to go back to the correct Pit Stop and have your car repaired. You’ve Crashed

21. Pick the right pit stop to win the race. What is the name of the tool we would use to take a closer look at the moon? Microscope Telescope moonscope

22. Click here to go back to the correct Pit Stop and have your car repaired. You’ve Crashed!

23. Pick the right pit stop to win the race. True False True or False: The moon and the Earth have the same type of landforms?

24. Click here to go back to the correct Pit Stop and have your car repaired. You’ve Crashed!

25. Pick the right pit stop to win the race. rotation orbit The path that the Earth takes around the sun is called its _________. gravity pull

26. Click here to go back to the correct Pit Stop and have your car repaired. You’ve Crashed!

27. Congratulations! You’ve Completed the First Race! Click here to go to your final race to win the Academic Cup.

28. Congratulations! You’ve Won the Trophy! THE WINNER’S CIRCLE