Vocabulary
A group of stars that forms an image or picture
constellation
The closest planet to the sun
planet Mercury
I am the closet star to Earth.
Sun
When the earth spins on it's own axis
rotation
What is an AXIS?
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A body held together by gravity that is made of millions of stars, gas, and dust
galaxy
This planet was named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty
Venus
I am the object that appears largest in the night sky.
the moon
What causes the Seasons?
Earth's tilted axis.
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The distance that light travels in a year
light year
planets with rings (mention at least two)
Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter y Neptune
I'm a galaxy and I share a name with a candy bar
"Milky Way"
True or False: The earth is closer to the Sun during the summer.
False
Depends on the hemisphere you are in.
The moon
The force of attraction between any two masses
gravity
The planet farthest from the sun (not Pluto).
Neptune
I'm called the red planet
Mars
A measurement of how bright stars would appear if all stars would were the same distance from the sun.
absolute magnitude
or
luminosity
What are Ms. Prestage's cat's names?
Jane Austen
Bear
Bo
The directions north east south and west
Cardinal directions
This planet is the only known habitat of snorklewhackers and it has liquid water on its surface
the earth
An explanation why something happens or did happen.
It has not been completely proven or accepted as fact.
theory
What is the scientific process we have been following in this class? In the right order!
Ask, Predict, Investigate, observe and explain
What rotation is responsible of?
Causes day and night