🔭 Category 1: Vocabulary in Space
What word means to go faster?
accelerate
What word means how fast something moves?
speed
What do we use to see how tall something is?
A ruler or scale.
What do scientists look at to learn things?
Graphs or data.
What is technology?
Tools or machines people make.
What do we call how high something is?
height
What is motion?
Movement or a change in position
What does “measure” mean?
To find out how big or long something is.
What does “compare and contrast” mean?
To find things that are the same and different.
What kind of technology helps astronauts?
Spacesuits, rockets, computers.
What does a bar graph help you do?
compare and contrast data
What word means going around a planet or moon?
orbit
What is a bar graph?
A chart with bars that shows information.
Why do astronauts measure things in space?
To help them do their job safely.
What does it mean to plot data?
To mark points on a graph.
What word means how far something goes?
distance
What is rotation?
Spinning around in one place.
What is “average”?
A math number that tells what is normal or usual.
What helps people solve problems in space?
Math and tools.
What kind of graph has tall bars?
A bar graph.
What is a math article?
A short nonfiction text that uses math ideas to explain something.
What is resistance?
Something that slows things down
What does “capacity” mean?
How much something can hold.
What is a limit?
The most or least something can be.
What does it mean to solve a problem using technology?
To use tools to fix something.