Patterns of the Night Sky Vocabulary

What is the job of an astronomer?

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

• A person who arranges stars in the sky

• Someone who collects rocks from the ground

• A scientist who studies plants and animals

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Which word describes an arrangement of stars as seen from Earth?

• Gravity

• Constellation

• Data

• Day

If you collect measurements during a science experiment, what are you recording?

• Day

• Evidence

• Data

• Gravity

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Why is evidence important in an investigation?

• It makes the experiment more fun

• It supports an answer to a question

• It helps you see stars better

• It tells you what time it is

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Imagine you drop a ball and it falls to the ground. Which word best explains why this happens?

• Constellation

• Gravity

• Day

• Explanation

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What does the word "orbit" mean?

• To move in a regular path around something

• To make a picture in your mind

• Something we observe to be similar over and over again

• The only star in our solar system

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Which word describes something scientists make to answer questions about the real world?

• Pattern

• Model

• Year

• Star

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If you wanted to "visualize" something, what would you be doing?

• Moving in a regular path around something

• Making a picture in your mind using information from different sources

• Observing something similar over and over again

• Giving off heat and light

Which of the following best describes a "star"?

• The length of time it takes Earth to orbit the sun once

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

• The sun and the planets that orbit it

• Something we observe to be similar over and over again

Imagine you are explaining the solar system to a friend. Which of the following would you include in your explanation?

• Only the sun

• Only the planets

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

• Only the stars outside our solar system

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