Unit 1 Vocabulary Quiz

What is an explanation?

• A description of how something works or why something happens

• A type of star

• A planet in the solar system

• A tool used by astronomers

What is evidence?

• A type of telescope

• Information that supports an answer to a question

• A planet in the solar system

• A star in the universe

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the solar system?

• The sun, the planets that orbit the sun, and other objects that orbit the sun

• A type of star

• A model of the universe

• A tool used by astronomers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What does it mean to visualize?

• To make pictures in your mind using information from different sources

• To draw a picture of the universe

• To create a model of the solar system

• To observe stars with a telescope

What does the term 'data' refer to?

• A type of star

• Observations or measurements recorded in an investigation

• A model of the solar system

• A picture of the universe

What is an astronomer?

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

• A scientist who writes about space

• A scientist that observes planets

• A type of telescope

What is a star?

• A huge object in space that gives off heat and light

• A type of planet

• A model of the solar system

• A tool used by astronomers

What is an investigation?

• A type of star

• An attempt to find out about something

• A model of the solar system

• A picture of the universe

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is the sun?

• The only star in our solar system

• A type of planet

• A model of the universe

• A tool used by astronomers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is a model in scientific terms?

• A type of star

• Something scientists make to answer questions about the real world

• A planet in the solar system

• A tool used by astronomers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-1