Patterns of Earth and Sky Vocabulary

a huge object in space that gives off heat and light

• model

• star

• visualize

• evidence

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

• astronomer

• star

• bright

• solar system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

something that scientists make to answer questions about the real world

• star

• astronomer

• model

• solar system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

to make a picture in your mind using information from different sources

• Earth

• evidence

• star

• visualize

the only star in our solar system

• sun

• solar system

• astronomer

• Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the sun, the planets that orbit the sun, and other objects that orbit the sun

• Earth

• model

• solar system

• bright

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

an attempt to find out about something

• evidence

• investigation

• star

• astronomer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

observations or measurements recorded in an investigation

• data

• evidence

• solar system

• star

information that supports an answer to a question

• evidence

• solar system

• star

• Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

a description of how something works or why something happens

• data

• explanation

• evidence

• solar system

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-2