Lesson Outcome - Movement in Space.

What is the term for Earth being in the center?

• geocentric

• heliocentric

• sun centered

• Galileo

The ancient Greek who proposed a geocentric model of the universe is

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Kepler

Which scientist found that planetary orbits were elliptical?

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Kepler

A model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the SUN.

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

• Lunacentric

• Planicentric

A ball of ice and rock that usually approaches the sun

• Comet

• Meteor

• Planet

• Moon

A shooting star is actually a...

• Comet

• Asteriod

• Star that shoots

• Meteor

The luminous celestial body (a bright space object) around which Earth and other planets revolve and from which they receive heat and light.

• satellite

• planet

• sun

• galaxy

A small object that enters Earth's atmosphere from space and burns due to friction, emitting light.

• meteor

• comet

• asteroid

• star

A constellation is a group of visible ____ that form a pattern when viewed from Earth.  

• planets
• stars
• patterns
• creatures

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-1

The constellation pattern may take the shape of an ___, ___, ____, ___, or object such as a crown or compass.

• planets, stars, animals, people
• stars, animals, people, man
• man, animals, stars, planets
• animal, mythological creature, man, woman,