Name the Word
Which word means “to look closely at something”?
Answer: Analyze.
What part of speech is massive?
Answer: Adjective.
“An astronomer studies space.”
true
What green pigment helps leaves use sunlight to make food?
Answer: Chlorophyll.
“After studying the stars, planets, and other objects in space, the ___ shared what she learned with her class.”
Answer: Astronomer.
Which word means “to look at two or more things to see how they are alike or different”?
Answer: Compare.
What part of speech is explain?
Answer: Verb.
The word significant means very large in size.”
Answer: False. Significant means important or meaningful.
What star is at the center of our solar system?
Answer: The Sun.
“The scientist developed a ___ to explain why the planet’s orbit changed, and she supported it with evidence.”
Answer: Theory.
Which word means “important or meaningful”?
Significant.
What part of speech is theory?
noun
The students compared the colors of the leaves.”
Answer: True.
Why can other colors become visible in leaves during fall?
Answer: Green chlorophyll decreases, allowing other pigments to show more.
Before writing her conclusion, Maya had to ___ the leaves carefully and record their colors, shapes, and sizes.”
Answer: Analyze.
Which word means “a scientist who studies space, stars, and planets”?
Answer: Astronomer.
What part of speech is significant?
Answer: Adjective.
“The word massive describes something very small.”
Answer: False. Massive means very large.
What force helps keep planets moving around the Sun?
Answer: Gravity.
Because the Sun’s gravity holds the planets in orbit, Earth is one of the objects in our ___.”
Answer: Solar system.
Which word means “to decide after looking at information or evidence”?
Answer: Conclude.
What part of speech is solar system?
Answer: Noun
“The students used the evidence to conclude that sunlight affected the leaves.”
Answer: True.
Why is the day called Sunday?
Sol was the name of the ancient roman god of the sun. That is also where we get the word "Sunday", which was the day of the Sun god in ancient Roman culture
The students placed two leaf samples side by side so they could ___ their colors and describe how they were different.”
Answer: Compare.