Patterns of Earth and Sky Vocabulary

Observations or measurements recorded in an investigation

• investigate

• explanation

• data

• pattern

a huge object in space that gives off heat and light

• model

• solar system

• asteroid

• star

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

an attempt to find out about something

• astronomer

• investigate

• evidence

• vidualize

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

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

• astronomer

• model

• sun

• solar system

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

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

• sun

• model

• solar system

• star

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

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

• investigate

• model

• paint

• visualize

something scientists make to answer questions about the real world

• data

• model

• stars

• sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

the only star in our solar system

• star

• moon

• saturn

• sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

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

• day

• night

• year

• month

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

a description of how something works or why something happens

• evidence

• pattern

• explanation

• gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1