Space Explorers
This is the study of planets, stars, and space.
What is astronomy?
This is a unit used for measuring how warm something is.
What is a degree?
This word means to look steadily at something for a long time.
What is gaze?
"_______ being on the soccer team, Sean loves playing basketball".
What is besides?
This is a person who uses a telescope to study space.
Who is an astronomer?
This is the force that pulls things toward the center of the Earth.
What is gravity?
This word means to turn or throw back light or sound.
What is reflect?
"The mirror _______ Tyler's face when he looked into it".
What is reflected (reflect)?
This object makes distant things seem closer and larger by using mirrors and lenses.
What is a telescope?
This is a bowl-shaped hole found in the ground or at the mouth of a volcano.
What is a crater?
This word can mean a stage or step in a series.
What is a degree?
"The hikers walked to the top of the volcano to look down into the large _______".
Answer: What is a crater?
This word represents all of space and all the objects in it.
What is the universe?
This is the distance from side to side and through the center of a circle.
What is the diameter?
This word can mean "the condition of being serious".
What is gravity?
"The _______ of the trunk of our old oak tree was at least thirty inches".
Answer: What is the diameter?
An astronomer uses this specific tool to look at the stars.
What is a telescope?
This is what makes an apple fall to the ground instead of floating away.
What is gravity?
This word also means to think carefully about something, like a poem or a chess move.
What is reflect?
"By _______, Malcolm slowly got better at doing his math problems".
What is degrees (degree)?