Mystery Science - Unit 3 Vocabulary TEST

What is the distance around a circle?

• axis
• model
• planet
• rotate
• circumference

What is an imaginary line that goes through the North Pole and South Pole of the Earth?

• axis
• model
• planet
• rotate
• circumference

What is is called to spin or turn around a central point, like the Earth around its axis?

• axis
• model
• planet
• rotate
• circumference

What is a large, round object in outer space that orbits a star? Earth and Mars are a _____________________.

• axis
• model
• planet
• rotate
• circumference

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

• axis
• model
• planet
• rotate
• circumference

If you are facing north, what direction is behind you?

• north
• south
• east
• west
• sundial

If you are facing south, what direction is behind you?

• north
• south
• east
• west
• sundial

If you are facing east, what direction is behind you?

• north
• south
• east
• west
• sundial

If you are facing west, what direction is behind you?

• north
• south
• east
• west
• sundial

Which of these is a tool that tells time by using the changing direction of shadows caused by the Sun’s movement across the sky?

• north
• south
• east
• west
• sundial