Science Unit 1 Vocabulary Review

What is the measure of the luminosity of a celestial object called?

• Constellation

• Horizon

• Apparent Brightness

• Orbit

What term describes a group of visible stars that form a pattern when viewed from Earth?

• Star

• Constellation

• Shadow

• Orbit

What is the line that separates the Earth from the sky?

• Horizon

• Orbit

• Sun Angle

• Rotation

What does the term "illuminate" mean?

• To orbit

• To light up

• To revolve

• To cast a shadow

What is the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon called?

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Horizon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What describes the way that the moon or a planet looks to the eye at any time in its series of changes with respect to how it shines?

• Sunrise

• Sunset

• Phase of the Moon

• Sun Angle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is a dark image cast on some surface by an object blocking the light of the Sun or another source of light?

• Star

• Shadow

• Horizon

• Constellation

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-2

What is an exploding ball of burning gas held together by gravity?

• Star

• Sun Angle

• Apparent Brightness

• Shadow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is the angle between the sun’s rays and Earth’s surface called?

• Horizon

• Sun Angle

• Orbit

• Rotation

What is the time in the morning when the sun appears or full daylight arrives?

• Sunset

• Sunrise

• Revolution

• Phase of the Moon

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-2