Astronomy Lesson 1

A

100

The _____ includes all of the planets, stars, galaxies and intergalactic space.

UNIVERSE

200

Someone who's job is to study the stars

ASTRONOMER 

300

What are the 8 planets? 

MERCURY VENUS EARTH MARS JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE

400

What is an astronaut?

SOMEONE WHO IS TRAINED TO TRAVEL IN A SPACESHIP INTO OUTER  SPACE

500

Some birds know to fly south for the winter by the constellations. This is called ___? (It's also the name of a movie!)

MIGRATION

B

100

Constellations were used by the ancient people to tell which ____ of the year it was. 

SEASON

200

What does NASA stand for?

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS & SPACE ADMINISTRATION

300

The pull that planets (and other space objects) have on each other is called __?

GRAVITATIONAL PULL

400

What is the man-named pattern of stars in the night sky?

CONSTELLATIONS

500

What is the device with a needle that always points to the magnetic north.

COMPASS

C

100

The word aster means ____

STAR

200

What is the brightest planet?

JUPITER

300

How many phases of the moon are there?

EIGHT

400

Stars twinkle but ____ do not twinkle

PLANETS

500

Who taught us how to use telescopes to study the planets and stars?

GALILEO GALILEI

D

100

Sailors used the sun, planets and stars to know which direction to sail. This was called ___?

CELESTIAL NAVIGATION

200

What is the invisible force that pulls objects toward each other?

GRAVITY

300

What galaxy do we live in?

MILKY WAY

400

Shooting stars are actually not stars at all! What are they?

METEORS

500

The study of outer space is called ____ ?

ASTRONOMY

E

100

An Artificial Satellite is made by ___?

MAN

200

The ancient stone structure in England that was used to tell when spring arrived

STONEHENGE

300

The moon is a Natural Satellite. Natural satellites are only made by ___?

GOD

400

An object in space that travels in circles around another object is a __?

SATELLITE

500

This man had the unusual idea that Earth revolved around the sun

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS