8th-T3 L1: Movement in Space

Open Ended

What does it mean to observe something? What are some things you can observe in the night sky?

Open Ended

What are some things you see in this photo?

Draw

Circle the meteors in this photo.

Multiple Choice

When you look up into the night sky you can see ______, the ______, ______, ______and ________.

• clouds, the sun, rainbows, the moon, and birds
• stars, moon, planets, meteors and comets.

• the earth, rainbows, and airplanes

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A ​

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is a giant ball of superheated gas or plasma, composed of hydrogen and helium

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star

planet

moon

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A ​

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is an object that orbits the sun and is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity and the areas around its orbit are free of debris.

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planet

star

asteroid

Multiple Choice

How many planets are in our solar system?

• 7
• 10
• 9
• 8

Multiple Select

What are two kinds of satellites?

• polar satellites

• Communication satellites

• artificial satellites

• Natural satellites

Multiple Choice

A _________ is a body that orbits a planet.

• star
• satellite

• planet

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The ​

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is Earth’s only ​

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Moon

natural satellite

Sun

artificial satellite

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What are some differences between the stars and moon?

Draw

circle some differences you see in this photo

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are a mixture of ​

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Comets

dust & ice

Asteroids

gas & ice

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When ​

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are far away from the sun they are ​

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.

When close to the sun, they forms a glowing trail made of ​

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.

Multiple Choice

• ________ are also known as a shooting star.

• Comets

• Planets

• Meteors

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A ​

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is a streak of light that is produced when a small piece of rock or ice burns as it enters our atmosphere.

Multiple Choice

Why do the stars appear to move from earth?

• Because the earth is moving closer to the stars

• Because they are actually moving each night

• Because of the rotation of the earth on its axis

Open Ended

What seasons do we have? What do you think causes the seasons?

Multiple Choice

• Star, constellation and seasonal changes are caused by ?

• The gravitational pull of the moon.
• The suns movement around the earth

• • Earth’s revolution, or orbit, around the sun

Draw

Circle the North Star in the photo. Why is that the north star?

Multiple Choice

What is a constellation?

• a solar system

• a pattern or group

  of stars that people imagined represented a figure,

  animal or object

• a set of planets

Draw

Star charts can help you to find constellations in the night sky. This is a summer chart for the Northern Hemisphere. Find these constellations in the star chart. Then write each constellation’s name by its picture.

Draw

Where in this image is Venus farthest from the sun? Place a dot on the image to indicate the spot.

Open Ended

Tell me anything you know about the space and the galaxy.

Draw

Circle the differences you see in this image

Multiple Choice

Which model places the Earth at the center of the solar system?

• Astronomical model
• Geocentric model
• Heliocentric model

Draw

Draw the geocentric model.

Multiple Choice

Which model places the Sun at the center of the solar system?

• astrocentric
• heliocentric
• geocentric

Draw

Draw the heliocentric model.

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discovered that Jupiter had moons that orbited, just like Earth’s Moon.

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Galileo Galilei

Isaac Newton

Albert Einstein