Patterns of Earth and Sky Vocab Quiz

a huge object in space that gives off heat and light

• sun

• constellation

• star

• earth

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

• astronomer

• astrologist

• biologist

• archaeologist

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

which is not an example of a model?

• globe

• map

• earth

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

• visualize

• model

• imagination

• scale

How many stars are in our solar system?

• 0

• 1

• over 1,000,000

• over 1,000,000,000

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

• galaxy

• solar system

• universe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

an attempt to find out about something

• research

• experiment

• investigation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

scientific term for observations or measurements recorded in an investigation

• data

• information

• observation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

True or False: Stars are very far away from Earth in one direction.

• True

• False

something we observe to be similar over and over again

• observation

• pattern

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