Patterns of Earth and Sky Chapter 1 Review

To ______________ means to make a picture in your mind using information from different sources.

• visualize

• investigate

• observe

• analyze

Scientists who study stars, planets, and other objects in the universe are _____________.

• biologists

• astronomers

• geologists

• chemists

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We live on the planet called _____________.

• Mars

• Venus

• Earth

• Jupiter

An _____________ is an attempt to find out about something.

• observation

• investigation

• prediction

• hypothesis

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The only star in our solar system is ___________.

• the Moon

• the Sun

• Polaris

• Sirius

A ____________ is a huge object in space that gives off heat and light.

• star

• planet

• comet

• asteroid

An ________________ is a description of how something works or why something happens.

• explanation

• prediction

• experiment

• observation

Our __________________ is made of the sun, the planets that orbit the sun, and other objects that orbit the sun.

• solar system

• galaxy

• universe

• asteroid belt

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____________ is information that supports an answer to a question.

• evidence

• opinion

• guess

• story

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Observations or measurements recorded in an investigation are called ___________.

• data

• opinions

• predictions

• variables

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