The amount of light a star gives off and its distance from Earth determine this.
What is how bright a star appears?
100
The law that says what goes up must come down is called this.
What is the Law of Gravity?
100
Radiant energy causes this to happen to Earth's oceans.
What is heat up?
100
True or false... The Moon can be seen at night and sometimes during the day.
What is true?
100
True or false... words in science can have different or more specific meanings than their use in everyday language.
What is true?
200
Since the sun makes its own light and heat it is this.
What is a star?
200
Gravity pulls you here.
What is toward Earth?
200
A swimming pool that gets sunlight all day will have a higher this than a pool that is in the shade.
What is water temperature?
200
There are more stars in the sky than one can easily do this.
What is count?
200
Marisa uses a black box with pinholes of different sizes to model this.
What is the night sky?
300
The stars we see at night appear different than the sun because of this.
What is they are farther away than the sun?
300
Since the moon's gravity is less than Earth's, a person's this would be less.
What is weight?
300
A rock that is lying on the ground feels warm when you touch it because of this.
What is heat energy from the sun?
300
Telescopes and binoculars are examples of these that make things far away appear bigger.
What are magnifiers?
300
Angie does a test to see if plants need light from the sun to grow. After her test, she says that plants do not need light to grow. Marco questions her results. He could do this to check her evidence.
What is repeat Angie's test?
400
This star is closest to Earth.
What is the sun?
400
Without gravity, items on Earth would do this.
What is float?
400
Two popsicles are placed outside on a hot day. One is placed in the shade of a tree, the other on the sidewalk in the sun. This popsicle will melt faster.
What is the one on the sidewalk?
400
While the sun has many beneficial properties, some properties can also be this.
What is harmful?
400
When studying very large items like the solar system, it is necessary for scientists to make this.
What is a model?
500
When using this tool, a constellation (pattern of stars) may have more stars than when it is viewed without this tool.
What is a telescope?
500
Even with gravity, a rocket has enough force to launch into space because it can do this.
What is overcome gravity?
500
The sun's radiant energy not only heats the Earth, but also causes this.
What is day and night?
500
Energy from this directly and indirectly warms the water, land, and air.
What is the Sun?
500
Empirical evidence is information, such as observations or measurements, that is used to validate explanations of this.