Patterns of Earth and Sky Vocabulary

something scientists make to answer questions about the real world

• model

• investigation

• scientist

• evidence

observations or measurements recorded in an investigation

• test

• study

• data

• information

information that supports an answer to a question

• evidence

• reason

• question

• answer

to make a picture in your mind using information from different sources

• claim

• evidence

• visualize

• explanation

A scientist who studies stars, planets, and objects in the universe

• doctor

• astronomer

• scientist

• teacher

the pull between Earth and other objects, which acts even without touching

• rope

• gravity

• pulling

• evidence

something we observe to be similar over and over again

• circles

• days

• moon

• pattern

a huge object in space that gives off heat and light

• star

• space ship

• aliens

• moon

the length of time it takes for Earth to orbit the sun once

• a year

• a month

• an hour

• a week

the only star in our solar system

• Beyonce

• sun

• moon

• Earth