Models
What shape is Earth?
What is the only star in our Solar System (the Milky Way)?
What is the Sun.
Where did Mr. Moore move from?
What is Atlanta.
Which is bigger - the Sun or Earth?
What is the Sun.
Why does the Sun appear (look) so bright?
What is it's close to Earth.
Why do scientists use models?
What is to better understand things that are not easy to observe.
What do we see in the sky during the day?
What is the Sun (clouds, light, etc.)
What is Star?
What happens when objects are farther away?
What is they appear (look) smaller.
Why can't we see stars during the day?
What is the Sun is too bright.
How is a map different from a globe?
What is a map is flat (2-dimensional), while a globe is round (3-D, like a Sphere).
Why does the Sun look bigger than other stars?
What is the Sun is closer to Earth.
What is an astronomer?
What is a scientist who studies space - stars, planets, and galaxies.
Why does the Sun look so small from Earth?
What is distance from Earth.
What word means "information that supports an answer to a question"?
What is Evidence.
Why do we use different models? (think of the purpose of maps and globes)
What is for different reasons.
What happens to stars during the daytime?
What is nothing. Stars are still in the sky but are hidden by the Sun's bright light.
What is Mr. Moore's astrology sign?
What is Taurus - reliable, hardworking, and stable.
Are other stars close to the Sun?
What is no, other stars are not close to the Sun.
What did the video played in class show? (hint: bright)
What is Light Pollution can block out stars at night. Bigger cities have the most light pollution.
Why don't we see a lot of stars during the daytime?
What is because the Sun is too bright.
What is a group of stars that form to create a pattern?
What is a Constellation.
Scientist write scientific explanations to...
What is to tell how or why something happens.
Fill in the Blank: Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
What is third.
Why do some stars look brighter than others at night?
What is some stars are closer to Earth.
What is some stars are brighter than others.