vocabulary 1
The earth _______________, or spins on its axis and causes day and night.
What is rotates?
Earth gets just enough _____________ and __________ from the sun to support human, animal, and plant life.
What is heat and light?
True or False:
The gravitational pull of Earth holds the moon in place.
True
This is the largest GAS planet. The weather is cold, stormy, and very windy. It has more than 60 moons and has a giant storm called the red spot.
What is Jupiter?
This tool helps us see things far away like planets and stars: spacecraft, space probe, or telescope?
Telescope
This tool gathers information about the weather as it orbits earth.
What is satellite?
When the North Pole is tilted toward the sun, it is the season of _______________ in the southern hemisphere.
What is winter?
A building used to look at stars, planets, and other space objects. (space probe, atrium, observatory)
What is observatory?
This planet is the last of the ROCKY planets. It's surface is red, caused by rust in the rocks. It's known as the Red Planet.
What is Mars?
This tool is an uncrewed spacecraft that explores space. It takes pictures of space. (space probe, spacecraft, or telescope)
space probe
This word means a very large cluster of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity.
What is galaxy?
What are two objects that orbit the sun?
Meteoroids, planets, asteroid, comets, and dwarf planets.
What do we call a scientist who studies space, stars, and planets?
Astronomer
This planet is Earth's closest neighbor. It has a thick, cloudy atmosphere that holds in heat and makes it very hot.
What is Venus?
This is a vehicle that can have a crew or not. It travels into space for research and exploring. (space probe, spacecraft, or telescope)
spacecraft
What does the word FRIGID mean?
The snow caused the weather to feel frigid. I had to wear a coat.
What is very cold?
True of False:
All stars are made of hydrogen and helium.
True
What do we call an event that occurs when one object in space blocks the sunlight from reaching another object?
An eclipse
What spiral shaped galaxy does Earth belong to?
The Milky Way
The _____________ gravity is not as strong as the sun's, but it causes the tides in our oceans to rise and fall. (planet's, moon's, galaxy's)
Moon's
What does the word STREAM mean?
Cool air streamed through my window at night.
a flow or trail
The sun is the BIGGEST, BRIGHTEST star in our galaxy.
False
If a space shuttle is UNCREWED, what does that mean?
The spaceship is NOT carrying people.
This planet was once considered a planet, but not anymore.
Pluto
What does PURSUE mean?
The girl decided to PURSUE her dream of being a dancer, so she practiced every day.
To do whatever it takes to reach a goal.