Scientific Method
What is a collection of facts?
Data
What variable stays the same during an experiment?
Controlled Variable
What is the exact location on a graph called?
Point
What field of earth science studies creation beyond Earth's atmosphere?
What galaxy contains our Sun?
Milky Way
What is a reasonable prediction?
Hypothesis
What variable is changed to test a hypothesis?
Independent Variable
What is a section of a circled graph called?
What does a light-year measure?
Distance
What is a large cloud of gas and dust in space called?
Nebula
Conclusion
What variable is measured or observed?
Dependent variable
What is the space between values on a graph called?
Interval
What is the closet star to Earth?
The Sun
What is the Local Group?
A galaxy cluster
Who introduced the step-by-step scientific method?
Sir Francis Bacon
What group in an experiment is used as a standard?
Control Group
Upward Trend
According to the lesson, what color is the Sun?
Yellow
Name the three parts of the Sun
Core Corona Photosphere
In "Using shorter spans between columns will make my bridge stronger," what is the effect?
Will make my bridge stronger
The amount of sunlight and measure pant growth. What is the independent variable
Amount of Sunlight
Which graph is divided into sectors and can show values such as 1/8, 2/8, and 3/8?
Circle Graph
What system measures how bright a star appears?
Apparent Magnitude
In part of the sun do you find the Corona, Core, and Photosphere?
Corona- Outer
Photosphere-Visible
Core-Center/Inner