Seasonal Patterns & Earth's Orbit Evaluate

What is a constellation?

• A model used by scientists to represent complicated systems

• The path one object takes as it circles around another object

• A group of stars in the night sky that form a pattern

• The motion of spinning around a central point

What does the term "model" refer to in science?

• The motion of spinning around a central point

• A group of stars in the night sky that form a pattern

• A pretend version of something that scientists use when the real thing is too big, small, or complicated to work with

• The path one object takes as it circles around another object

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What does it mean to orbit (revolve)?

• To spin or turn around a central point

• A pretend version of something that scientists use when the real thing is too big, small, or complicated to work with

• A group of stars in the night sky that form a pattern

• Circling another object, like the Earth around the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What does it mean to rotate?

• Circling another object, like the Earth around the Sun

• A group of stars in the night sky that form a pattern

• A pretend version of something that scientists use when the real thing is too big, small, or complicated to work with

• To spin or turn around a central point, like the Earth around its axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which constellation can be seen at nighttime in the spring?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What in the night sky can tell you what season it is?

• shooting stars

• constellations

• the sun

• the moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why don't all the constellations appear at the same time?

• you don't have a telescope

• the stars are too small

• the Earth is facing in the other direction

• planets may be too far away

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What invention allowed scientists to learn more about the planets?

• Glasses

• Telescope

• The Space Shuttle

• Vaccines

2. In ancient times people would use constellations to tell _________.

• jokes

• stories

• time

• their family history

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

3. True or False: Constellations vanish at different times of the year.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1