Patterns of Earth and Sky

We see different stars during different times of the year?

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why do we not always see the same stars in the same spot in the sky?

• the stars move during the day

• the Earth orbits around the sun

• the Earth spins causing day and night

• the stars like to play hide and seek

What is a light year?

• the distance light travels in a year

• a really short distance

• the distance a bright object is away from you

• the distance between stars and the solar system

What is a huge object in space that gives off heat and light?

• Jupiter

• Earth

• a star

• a solar system

What is a pattern?

• something that is opposite of another item

• something that happens only two times

• something that happens one time

• something we observe to be similar over and over again

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-2

NGSS.5-ESS2-2

The sun looks bigger and brighter because it is much _________________ than other stars.

• larger

• smaller

• closer to Earth

• older

The ___________________ is the only star in our solar system. Other stars are far outside our solar system.

The _________________ is the only star we can see in the daytime because it looks so bright.

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-1

How many times does Earth spin on its axis each day?

• once

• twice

• three times

• four times

The force of gravity pulls things down. How could you describe down?

• away from Earth

• towards Earth

• towards the South Pole

• Towards the North Pole

Tags

NGSS.5-PS2-1