Nature of Science & Graphing
The process of searching for knowledge and information about a problem through asking questions.
What is Inquiry?
These are named based on shape and include Elliptical, Irregular and Spiral.
This is the force that governs all planetary movement in the solar system.
What is gravity?
All local celestial objects are held in their orbit by the gravity of this star.
What is the sun?
This occurs every year on March 21st and marks that last day of winter.
What is the Spring/Vernal Equinox?
To carry out research or study through observation.
What is Investigate?
How far light travels in one year at 300,000 kilometers per second (186,000 miles per second) .(~6 trillion miles).
What is a Light Year?
These planets are farther apart, larger and made of gas.
What are the Jovian planets?
This celestial object has two tails, one is a gas tail and a dust tail.
What is a comet?
When it is the Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere, this pole is receiving 24 hours of nighttime.
What is the North Pole?
This is a type of graph that is used to show a percentage or a proportion.
What is a Pie Chart or a Circle Graph?
This unit of measurement would be used to measure two celestial bodies within the same galaxy.
What is a Parsec?
These are defined as having a rocky, hard surface and a dense core.
What are the terrestrial planets?
Long period comets come from this spherical cluster.
What is the Oort cloud?
Sunlight is hitting the Equator at 90 degrees on September 21st which marks the last day of this season.
What is summer?
The type of measurement used on each axis.
What are the Units?
This is the classification of the Milky Way galaxy.
What is a Spiral Galaxy?
These two planets are the farthest from the sun and the coldest in the solar system.
What are the Ice Giants?
When this tiny object made of metal and rock enters an atmosphere it goes by this name.
What is meteor?
This is the line of latitude receiving 90 degrees of sunlight on December 22nd every year.
What is the Tropic of Capricorn?
This is a graph that is used to show a side-by-side comparison.
What is a Bar Graph?
This is the measurement used to measure planets within our solar system.
What is astronomical unit?
These two planets do not have a solid surface and are the largest planets in the solar system.
What are the Gas Giants?
These are large objects that are larger than moons but smaller than planets.
What are asteroids?
This day occurs when the Tropic of Cancer is receiving direct sunlight, it represents the first day of summer. It also represents the longest day of the the year.
What is the Summer Solstice?