Vocabulary
An natural or man-made object that transmits weather information as it orbits Earth.
What is a satellite?
A force that pulls things towards one another
What is gravity?
The first Black female astronaut in space
Who is Mae Jemison?
Earth _________ , or spins on its axis, to cause day and night.
What is rotate?
The spiral galaxy Earth is a part of.
What is the Milky Way?
A large cluster of billions of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity and separated from other star systems by a large amount of space.
What is a galaxy?
The ____ gravity is not as strong as the sun's, but it can move the water on Earth to cause tides in the ocean.
What is the moon's?
An uncrewed spacecraft that explores space, constantly taking pictures
spacecraft, space probe, or telescope
What is a space probe?
Earth is the third planet from the sun and get gets the right amount of ______ and _______ to support human, animal, and plant life.
What is heat and light
When the Southern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, it is ________.
Spring, Summer, Winter
What is winter?
A synonym for frigid.
What is freezing?
This celestial body must have gravity, orbit the sun, and keep other large bodies out of its orbit.
What is a planet?
The name of the space mission in which U.S. astronauts first visit the moon's surface.
What is Apollo 11?
These are objects in our solar system that orbit the sun
What are meteoroid, asteroids, or planets?
This word means "lack of/without care"
What is careless?
The force that draws all objects in the universe toward each other.
What is gravitational pull?
The sun has the most gravitational pull in the solar system because it has 99% of _____ in the entire solar system.
What is mass?
This is where astronauts from different countries live and work for extended periods of time in space.
What is the International Space Station?
The last of the rocky planets; rust in the surface rocks gives it a red color
What is Mars?
This object's color depends on the amount of heat and light it produces AND it is made up of mostly hydrogen and helium gases.
What is a star?
A building used for looking at stars, planet,s and other space objects
What is an observatory?
To have little or no weight
What is weightlessness?
The organization in the United States that directs space travel and research.
What is NASA? Bonus points for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
This happens when the Earth passes between the sun and the moon.
What is a lunar eclipse?
because, so, and
What is so?