“What Makes Day and Night”
Vocabulary LessonCreated by M. Coliadis
Say the words!
• spins• experiment
•toward• motion•Imagine
•photograph
spins• http://
www.burke.k12.nc.us/Curriculum/Rounding%20Numbers.ppt
• Turns round and round
• Jeff wondered if a top spins faster in the wind.
experiment• Test done to see how
something works or behaves
• The scientist decided to do an experiment in the lab.
toward• In the direction of
• The rocket is flying toward the sky.
motion
• Movement
• We don’t feel any motion even though the earth is spinning.
imagine
• Make a mental picture of
• Can you imagine what the moon is like?
photograph
• Picture made with a camera
• This is a photograph of the earth taken from space.
ARE YOU READY TO TAKE A QUIZ?
The earth ______ around once every 24 hours.
• spins• toward• imagine
• Spins is correct!
Alex took a __________ of his dog with a camera.
• imagine
• spins
• photograph
• Photograph is correct.
_____ you are in a spaceship high above the North Pole.
• Imagine• Photograph• Spins
• Imagine is correct.
You can see how we move from daylight to darkness by doing an
________.
• toward• experiment• spins
• Experiment is correct.
The dog kept moving ______ me.
• spins• motion• toward
• Toward is correct.
It’s hard for David to travel in a car because he gets ______ sickness.
• motion• spins• toward
• Motion is correct.