Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Moon Phases
Seasons
Scientific Method
100
The Earth moving around the sun in a set path.
What is revolve?
100
An object visible from Earth by reflected light from the sun.
What is the moon?
100
When the moon is between the earth and sun, from Earth you would see this type of moon. Also the name of a Twilight movie and book.
What is new moon?
100
When it is winter in England it is summer in Australia.
What is true?
100
The first step in the scientific method... when you ask a question about why something happens.
What is the purpose?
200
The Earth takes 24 hours to turn around causing day and night.
What is rotate?
200
The different appearances of the moon due to its position.
What is a phase?
200
The phase of the moon you would see if the Earth is between the moon and Sun.
What is a full moon?
200
The reason a globe tilts sideways.
What is to show the tilt of the Earth.
200
An educated guess.
What is a hypothesis?
300
The path and object takes around another object.
What is orbit?
300
An unmoving lit point in the sky.
What is a star?
300
After a first quarter moon you would see this type of moon.
What is a waxing gibbous?
300
When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun.
What is summer in the north hemisphere?
300
In science it is important to use this unit of measure. Not inches, but this unit.
What are metric units?
400
The imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth from the N to S pole.
What is axis?
400
The magnetic pull on objects towards the center of another object.
What is gravity?
400
This means getting smaller when referring to the moon's phases.
What is waning?
400
When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun.
What is winter?
400
During your experiment the numbers and/or measurements that you write down.
What is data?
500
The star around which the earth orbits.
What is the sun?
500
A circular indention on the surface of the moon or other space object caused by an impact.
What is a crater?
500
It takes approximately this many days for the moon to go through all of its phases.
What is 28 days?
500
When it is winter in Alaska it is this season in South Africa.
What is summer?
500
After analyzing your numbers and measurements, you look back at your hypothesis and form one of these.
What is a conclusion?
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