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Involved using the five senses to record information.
What is observation
using the scientfic method to determin if a hypothesis is supported by data.
What is experiment
An educated guess based on research
What is a hypothesis
The 4 planets closest to the Sun. They are made of rock.
What are the inner planets
The study of the natural world
What is science
A series of steps followed by scientists to investigate a specific question.
What is the scientific method
A statement of fact based on evidence and tested over a long period of time, although it can change over time.
What is a theory
Celestial objects held together by gravity, burn gas & hydrogen. Identified by size, temperature, brightness, and color.
What are stars
The 4 planets furthest from the Sun. Made of gases.
What are the outer planets
What is repetition
The imaginary line that an object, usually a planet, rotates around.
What is an axis
A conclusion reached on evidence and reasoning
What is inference
Everything that includes living things, planets, starts, light and time.
What is the Universe
A celestial object that orbit stars.
What is a planet
When someone else duplicates another person's experiment.
What is replication
4 planets that orbit faster around a star due to proximity
What are inner planets
4 planets that orbit slower due to distance from star
What are the outer planets
A system of planets, asteroids, comets, and other small icy objects that orbit a star.
What is a solar system
Circular motion around a celestial body with a greater gravitational pull.
What is an orbit
Observations describing the characteristics or qualities using numbers instead of words.
What is quantitative observation?
Observations describing the characteristics or qualities using numbers instead of words.
What is qualitative observation.
A huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars held together by gravity
What is galaxy
A spinning motion around an internal axis and the other motion is of a planet or moon orbiting another celestial body.
What is rotation vs. revolution