“What Makes Day and Night”

Vocabulary LessonCreated by M. Coliadis

Say the words!

• spins• experiment

•toward• motion•Imagine

•photograph

spins• http://

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• 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.