Key Concepts
___ are very far away from Earth in every direction.
What are stars?
A huge object in space that gives off heat and light.
What is a Star?
Smallest planet in the solar system.
What is Mercury?
A scientist who studies stars, planets, and other objects in the universe.
What is an Astronomer?
to make a picture in your mind using information from different sources
What is Visulaize?
The sun is the only star in our _____. Other stars are far outside our ______.
What is a solar system?
something scientists make to answer questions about the real world (can be a drawing, 3-D, Sim, etc.)
What is a Model?
Largest planet in the solar system.
What is Jupiter?
The constellation that has 3 stars in a row on its belt.
What is Orion?
the only star in our solar system
What is the Sun
The sun looks bigger and brighter because it is much _____ to Earth than other stars.
What is closer?
a tool for observing objects in the night sky that are very far away.
What is a telescope?
What is Venus?
True or false: All stars in a constellation are the same distance away from Earth. That is why we see their shape in the sky.
What is false?
the sun, the planets that orbit the sun, and other objects that orbit the sun.
What is the Solar System?
The sun is the only star we can see in the daytime because the sun looks so ______.
What is bright?
Earth pulls objects down towards the ground with the force of ____.
What is gravity?
The hottest planet in our solar system.
What is Venus?
The constellation that looks like a square. Known as the "GREAT SQUARE".
What is Pegasus?
an attempt to find out about something.
What is an Investigation?
Earth ____ once each day. We face the sun in ____, and we face away from the sun at _____.
What is spin, daytime, and nighttime?
a unit of measurement that is equal to the distance light travels in a year
What is a light-year?
The planet that rolls around the solar system on its side like a bowling ball down a bowling alley.
What is Uranus?
Artifact found near Nebra, Germany. It is about 3,600 years old and depicts the sun, moon and stars in the sky.
What is the Nebra Star Disc?
observations and/or measurements recorded during an investigation.
What is Data?