Verbs
To look steadily at something for a long time.
Example: Sam and Julie _____ at the stars in the sky.
Gaze
The study of planets, stars, and space.
Astronomy
An object that makes distant things seem closer and larger. It does this by using mirrors and lenses.
Example: Billy used a ________ to view the stars.
Telescope
In addition to or also.
Example: ________ being in a soccer team, Sean loves playing basketball.
Besides
To turn or throw back, such as a light or sound.
Example: The water _____ the sun so strongly that Giselle put on her sunglasses.
Reflect
A person who studies astronomy.
Astronomer
The distance from side to side and through the center of a circle or round object.
Diameter
To think carefully about something.
Example: Paul _____ on his behavior in class after getting in trouble.
Reflect
A hole in the shape of a bowl found in the ground or at the mouth of a volcano.
Example: The hikers walked to the top of the volcano to look down into the large _______.
Crater
All of space and all the objects in space.
Universe
The force that pulls things toward the center of Earth.
Example: _______ causes an apple to fall to the ground.
Gravity
A unit for measuring how warm something is.
Example: In the summer, it was around 75 ______ Fahrenheit outside.
The condition of being serious.
Example: Celia understood the ______ of what she had done by playing too close to the large waves.
Gravity
A stage or step in a series.
By _______, Malcolm slowly got better at doing his math problems.
Degree