Vocabulary
Who is an astronaut
This is a large body of rock or gas that revolves around the sun
What is a planet
These are the four inner planets
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
This is a large star made up of burning gas
What is the sun
This is where astronauts are able to explore space
What is the International Space Station
This is the path an object follows as it revolves around another object
What is an orbit
This is an object that revolves around a larger object in space
What is a satellite
These are the four outer planets
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
This is the shape of the sun's light on the moon
What is a moon phase
These are four examples of challenges astronauts face in space
What are:
eating, breathing,sleeping, and exercising
This is an instrument used to observe faraway objects by making them appear larger and closer
What is a telescope
This is the imaginary line that goes through the middle of an object
What is an axis
This is the name given to the four outer planets
What are gas giants
This is how many phases there are to the moon and about how many days it takes to rotate this pattern
What is eight phases and 29 days
These are examples of ways these obstacles are overcome
What are:
dehydrated food, oxygen tanks, sleeping bags attached to the wall, and special exercise machines
This is when an object moves all the way around another object (example: the Earth moving around the sun)
What is a revolution
This includes the sun and all the objects that revolve around the sun
What is the solar system
This planet is considered a dwarf planet and is made up of mostly ice
What is Pluto
This is how long it takes the Earth to make one revolution around the sun
What is 365 days
These are some benefits of space travel
What are:
learning more about space, discovering new things, conducting experiments, using technology to help with Earth's probla distanceems, developing special robots, better farming methods, clean water systems, learn more about Earth as they can observe it from
This is an unmanned spacecraft sent into space
What is a probe
This is the spinning of an object on its axis
What is a rotation
This is the largest planet
What is Jupiter
This is how long it takes the moon to complete one revolution around the Earth
What is about every 27 days
This is one thing you would miss if you were an astronaut and sent into space
What is..... (everyone's answers will be different and personal....)