Observation or Inference
Details recorded during an experiment, using taste, touch, hear, seeing or smell is what?
An observation
What is the name of our galaxy?
Milky Way
What is the name of the star in the center of our solar system?
Sun
Name the four inner planets and their surface.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars. They are all rocky.
What is Mr. Velez's first name?
Gio or Giovanni
Observation or inference?
After a lab, a student writes, I think the bubbles were small sizes because the wand was small.
Inference
Name the components of a galaxy?
Gas, Dust, Stars, Orbiting Bodies
What two types of energy does the sun give off?
Light and Heat energy
Name the 4 outer planets. What are they mostly made of?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Made of gas.
Who is Mr. Velez married to?
Mrs. Velez
What is an inference?
A guess based on observations and measurements
Name the three shape of galaxies
Spiral, Irregular, Elliptical
Why is does the sun appear bigger and brighter than other stars?
It is closer to the Earth
Except for the sun, what do all things in our solar system do?
Orbit/revolve/revolution and rotate.
What month is Mr. Velez's birthday?
November
Observation or Inference
Two students begin an experiment, one records that the object they are using is round, shinny and smells metallic.
Observation
What shape is the galaxy that contains the Earth and what part of that galaxy is the Earth located?
What objects revolve around the sun?
Asteroids, comets, planets, moons, and dust.
How does Earth's rotation cause day and night?
The side that faces the sun is having day and as the sun rotates it changes to night.
What is Mr. Velez's favorite drink?
Dr. Pepper zero or coffee.
A person observes that a flower seems to bend to the right during the early morning and the left in the afternoon towards the sun?
Is this an observation or an inference? Justify your answer.
It is a observation because the person is using their sense of sight to observe how the flower is changing.
Mary is a student in high school. She often has many question about space. She wonders why we haven't taken any pictures of our galaxy. What is the reason we can't take picture of our galaxy?
It is too big and we are inside of it.
What evidence supports that the Sun is a star?
Like other stars it is made of gas and produces its own light.
How is rotation different from revolution?
Rotation is something spinning in place and revolution is going around something in a circular path.
Where is Mr. Velez from?
New York