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Unit 1 vocabulary words from 4th Grade Georgia Science
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Gas has no set volume and no set shape.
False
True
2
What is a natural or artificial object that orbits around another object, such as a moon or a device orbiting Earth?
Satellite
Data
Telescope
3
How far from one point to another point?
size
star
distance
4
Planets twinkle in the night sky.
False
True
5
What is information that has been collected?
Data
Telescope
Satellite
6
I was once considered a planet, but now I am a dwarf planet. Who am I?
Saturn
Venus
Pluto
Uranus
7
A _____________ is a limited representation of something that can help us understand its structure or how it works.
dissolve
gas
model
microscope
8
What is a group of stars that form a recognizable pattern in the sky?
planet
star
orbit
constellation
9
Data is a sheet that contains information?
True
False
10
Which planet is the 6th planet from the sun?
Earth
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
11
What is matter with no set volume and no set shape?
size
liquid
solid
gas
12
What is an unmanned spacecraft used to explore outer space and send data back to Earth?
Chart
Observatory
Space Probe
13
What planet is closest to the Sun?
Neptune
Earth
Mercury
Venus
14
What is the distance light travels in one year called?
planet
star
orbit
light-year
15
What is a sheet that contains information?
Space Probe
Chart
Observatory
16
A chart is a sheet that contains information.
False
True
17
What is the distance light travels in one year?
distance
apparent brightness
light year
18
One type of satellite is the Moon.
False
True
19
The sun is a star at the center of our solar system.
True
False
20
What is a ball of gas in space that provides its own light and heat?
orbit
star
light year
planet
21
What is the way something looks?
model
Mars
Composition
appearance
22
How large or small an object is compared to another object.
Model
Relative size
Solar System
23
The Hubble Space Telescope is a satellite.
False
True
24
What is the brightness of a star perceived by an observer on Earth?
apparent brightness
gas
light-year
25
What is an instrument for viewing or detecting distant objects?
Satellite
Data
Telescope
26
What is the fifth planet from the sun.
Saturn
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
27
What is the third planet from the sun?
Mercury
Mars
Venus
Earth
28
What is a ball of gas in space that produces its own light and heat?
star
planet
size
29
This is the eighth and furthest planet from the sun.
Neptune
Saturn
Earth
Jupiter
30
This is the second planet and the HOTTEST planet.
Venus
Earth
Mercury
Mars
31
What is a building with equipment used to study stellar objects like asteroids, comets, stars, planets, and galaxies?
Chart
Space Probe
Observatory
32
What is the path one object takes as it revolves around another object in space?
orbit
planet
constellation
star
33
A space probe is an unmanned spacecraft used to explore outer space and send data back to Earth?
True
False
34
Which planet is the fourth planet from the sun?
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
Earth
35
An observatory is a building with equipment to see into outer space?
True
False
36
I am the 7th planet from the sun.
Uranus
Mercury
Saturn
Neptune
