Patterns of Earth and Sky Chapters 1 & 2

Question 1

What is an investigation?

Accepted Answer

an attempt to find out about something

Question 2

The sun is the only star in our solar system.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

The sun looks bigger and brighter because it is much closer to Earth than other stars.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

What are the observations or measurements recorded in an investigation?

Accepted Answer

data

Question 5

What is an artifact?

Accepted Answer

buried or hidden objects that are found

Question 6

What is a day?

Accepted Answer

a period of time that is 24 hours long and includes daytime and nighttime

Question 7

What is a scientist who studies stars, planets, and other objects the universe, but not on Earth

Accepted Answer

an astronomer

Question 8

The sun looks much brighter than other stars because it's much further away from Earth.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

What is a model?

Accepted Answer

something scientists make to answer questions about the real world

Question 10

Proxima Centauri is the next closest star to the Earth. How many light-years away is it from Earth?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 11

Because the sun looks so bright,

Accepted Answer

it is the only star we can see in the daytime.

Question 12

We face the sun at nighttime, and we face away from the sun at daytime.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

Up is away from the ground, anywhere on Earth.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Stars are very far away from the Earth in most directions.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

What is to make a picture in your mind using information from different sources?

Accepted Answer

a visualization

Question 16

What is a solar system?

Accepted Answer

all of these items

Question 17

An archaeologist studies everything except the following item:

Accepted Answer

stars

Question 18

It takes about eight minutes for the light from the sun to reach Earth.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

The pull between Earth and other objects, which acts without touching is called:

Accepted Answer

gravity

Question 20

What is a pattern?

Accepted Answer

something we observe to be similar over and over again

Question 21

What device is used by scientists to help them see stars better?

Accepted Answer

a telescope

Question 22

What is a force?

Accepted Answer

a push or a pull

Question 23

How many Earth sized planets would fit in Jupiter's diameter?

Accepted Answer

11

Question 24

What is a huge object in space that gives off heat and light?

Accepted Answer

a star

Question 25

What is a light-year?

Accepted Answer

the distance light travels in one year

Question 26

What is something scientists make to answer questions about the real world?

Accepted Answer

a model

Question 27

How many Jupiter's would fit across the diameter of our sun?

Accepted Answer

10

Question 28

The sun is the only star we can see in the daytime because the sun looks so bright.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

What is a constellation?

Accepted Answer

an arrangement of stars as seen from Earth

Question 30

How many Earth's would fit across the diameter of the sun

Accepted Answer

110

Patterns of Earth and Sky Chapters 1 & 2

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Patterns of Earth and Sky Chapters 1 & 2

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