Amplify Science: Patterns of Earth & Sky Vocab

A scientist who studies stars, planets, and other objects in the universe

• Archeologist

• Biologist

• Astronomer

• Doctor

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

An arrangement of stars as seen from Earth

• Solar System

• Constellation

• Pattern

• Celebrities

Observations or measurements recorded in an investigation

• Orbit

• Tattling

• Gravity

• Data

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

A period of time that is 24 hours long and includes daytime and nighttime

• Day

• Hour

• Month

• Year

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A description of how something works or why something happens

• Explanation

• Pattern

• Tattling

• Telling the truth

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Information that supports an answer to a question

• Logic

• Evidence

• Clues

• Opinions

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An attempt to find out about something

• Grilling

• Spying

• Investigation

• Creeping

The pull between Earth and other objects, which acts even without touching

• Force

• Motion

• Gravity

• Lightyear

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Something scientists make to answer questions about the real world

• Cake

• Model

• Stars

• Orbit

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

To move in a regular path around something

• Orbit

• Tango

• Jog

• Run

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4