vocabulary1
essential question
laws
Gravity
scientific method
100
The movement in a specific path or orbit around another object
What is revolution
100
revolution and rotation
What are the ways earth moves in space
100
F= MA or force is equal to mass times acceleration
What is newtons 2nd law?
100
the push or pull on an object
What is force?
100
third step of the scientific method
What is Hypothesis?
200
when the sun reaches the gratest distance from either hemisphere twice a year.
What is solstice
200
cycle caused by the tilt of the earths axis as it revolves around the sun
What is the cycle that causes the seasons
200
the earth moves around the sun in an elipse
What is kepler's 1st law
200
Mass is never affected by this however it is what cause weight to change
What is Gravity?
200
Always starts with... my hypothesis was...
What is the conclusion?
300
The study of moon stars and other objects
What is astronomy
300
rotation only is responsible for this
What is day and night?
300
The square of the orbital period of a planet is proportional ?to the cube of the mean distance from the Sun
What is keplers 3rd law
300
the ability for an object to resisit change
What is inertia?
300
The type od variable that is purposly changes to see a reaction
What is an independent variable?
400
The spinning of earth on its axis
What is rotation
400
the sun strikes the poles with less direct sunlight than the equator
What is the reason its colder at the poles?
400
for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
What is newtons 3rd law?
400
the two factors which keep earth in orbit around the sun
What is inertia and gravity?
400
the five science skills
What is observing , classifying, predicting,infering and making models
500
"Equal night", or when day and night have same number of hours every where in the world
What is equinox
500
Distance and Mass
What are the two variable which affect gravity/force?
500
The line connecting the Sun to a planet sweeps ?equal areas in equal times
What is keplers 2nd law?
500
O ------><-----o demonstatrates what concept?
What is the more mass the object has, the less didtance the more force
500
observation which deals with numbers
What is quantitative observation?
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