Definitions
Astronomers & Astronauts
Solar System
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Satellites
100

Someone whose job is to study the stars, the planets, and everything else in outer space.

What is an astronomer?

100

The man who had the idea that Earth revolved around the sun.

Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?

100

The reason God made the stars and Moon.

What is to give us light at night and a calendar to follow?
100

This device uses satellites in outer space to track your position on Earth.

What is GPS?

100

An object in space that travels in circles around object.

What is a satellite?

200

The study of outer space

What is astronomy?

200

An astronomer who believed Copernicus.

Who is Galileo Galilei?

200

The number of planets in our solar system.

What are 8 planets?

200

A device with a needle that always points magnetic north.

What is a compass?

200

An example of a natural satellite.

What is the moon?

300

The man-named patterns of stars in the night sky.

What are constellations?

300

He taught how to use telescopes to study the planets and stars.

Who is Galileo Galilei?

300

The names of the planets in our solar system.

What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?

300

The name of the navigation that used the sun, planets, and stars also helped sailor know which direction to sail.

What is celestial navigation?

300

It is made by man and sent into space to orbit around Earth.

What is an artificial satellite?

400

An invisible force that pulls objects toward each other.

What is Gravity?

400

The organization better known as NASA 

What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration?

400

The mnemonic for the names of the planets in our solar system.

What is My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos?

400

This ancient navigation device helped sailors navigate by using the position of the stars.

What is an astrolabe?

400

The three main jobs of satellites.

What are take pictures for others to see, channels for your TV, look at planets and stars far away?

500

Someone who is trained to travel in a spaceship into outer space.

What is an astronaut?

500

An enormous telescope floating up in space that sends pictures back down here to Earth

What is the Hubble Space Telescope?

500

He once said, "Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but cannot explain who sets the planets in motion."

Who is Isaac Newton?

500

You can use this if you don't have a compass or GPS or any other navigation device.

What is the position of the stars?

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