Unit 5 Week 2 Vocab

The tree outside the school is ___________ 9.89 ft.

• diameter

• approximately

• criteria

• orbit

Pluto is a small planet, it's _________ is 1,440 miles.

• spheres

• orbit

• diameter

• astronomical

Pluto's _______ is slanted and crosses into Neptune's ______.

(Both the same word in the blank)

In order for scientists to discover a new planet, it needs to fit the ________.

1) Orbits the sun

2) is round

3) big enough to "clear its neighborbood" around its orbit

• diameter

• evaluate

• calculation

• criteria

The two stories we read this week were based on ________ advancements and discoveries to understand more about Earth and space.

The scientists needed to use math to make a ___________ for the size of Pluto's diamter

• spheres

• approximately

• evaluate

• calculation

Planets like Earth are ________ or globes.

Something you look at or examine over and over again.

(Just like the scientists when trying to figure out if Pluto is a planet).

• calculations

• evaluate

• orbit

• criteria