Vocabulary
What do we call the earth, planets, sun, stars, and everything in space?
Universe
Constellations helped (and still help) people and animals know what __________ they are going.
Direction
The first planet from the sun
Mercury
What do you call someone who studies the night sky?
Astronomer
Who makes natural satellites?
God
Something God has given animals to help them know what to do
Instinct
What ancient monument is believed to have helped people in England know when spring had arrived?
Stonehenge
The eighth planet from the sun
Neptune
What do you call people who GO explore in outer space?
Astronaut
An object in space that circles around another object in space
Satellite
What does the word "aster" mean? Hint: astronomy, astronomer
Star
How did people long ago tell the time of day?
Shadows
The third planet from the sun
Earth
What organization sends people and spaceships into space? (Double points if you know what each letter means!)
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
What do we call the kind of satellite that is manmade?
Artificial Satellite
A force that pulls one object towards another and keeps planets in orbit
Gravity
What in the night sky helped people long ago figure out what season it was?
Constellations
The fourth planet from the sun
Mars
Who was one of the first people in history to believe that the earth revolved around the sun?
Nicolas Copernicus
Give an example of a natural satellite of the earth.
Moon
The name of a very strong telescope that takes pictures of objects in space
Hubble Space Telescope
The shape of the moon
The fifth planet from the sun
Jupiter
Which person in history used telescopes to further study the night sky?
Galileo Galilei
Give an example of an artificial satellite of the earth.
(Teacher check if student answer is correct)
Examples: weather satellites, Hubble Space Telescope, etc.)