Vocab
This is a vehicle designed for travel or operation in outer space.
Spacecraft
Fill in the blank: Scientists _______ (send) a person to Mars someday.
will send
This is a piece of land surrounded by water.
This is an instrument used to make distant objects appear nearer and larger. Astronomers use it to study stars.
Telescope
This famous explorer sailed from Spain in 1492 with three ships: the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
Christopher Columbus
This is a huge system of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity. Our solar system is inside one.
Galaxy
Fill in the blank: I _______ (explore) the ocean. It's my dream!
This is a steep fall of water from a height, often over a rocky ledge.
Waterfall
These are close-fitting eyeglasses worn to protect the eyes from water, dust, or other elements.
Goggles
This French explorer loved the sea and created the Aqua-Lung. He made documentaries about ocean life.
Jacques Cousteau
This word means to travel in or through an unfamiliar area to learn about it.
Explore
Fill in the blank: Divers _______ (breathe) underwater, so they use an Aqua-Lung. (NOT a negative sentence)
need to breathe/ have to breathe
This is the part of the land near the sea, where the land meets the water.
This is a building equipped with telescopes for studying the stars and planets.
Observatory
Name TWO famous explorers
Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, and Jacques Cousteau (or any other 2)
This is a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or other large bodies of water.
Strait
Complete the sentence with the correct preposition of movement: "Walk _______ the street, _______ the park, and _______ the pond."
down/across, through, around
This is a mountain or hill with a crater through which lava, rock fragments, and gas erupt.
Volcano
This is a breathing device created by Jacques Cousteau that lets divers breathe underwater for a long time.
Aqua-lung
Choose ONE famous explorer and name ONE thing they are famous for.
Answers may include:
• Christopher Columbus - sailed to America in 1492
• Ferdinand Magellan - sailed around the world
• Jacques Cousteau - explored the ocean and made the Aqua-Lung
This word describes something that is present or existing from the beginning; the very first of its kind.
Original
Fill in the blank with want to, need to, or have to AND explain why: "Astronauts _______ wear spacesuits in space because there is no air."
"need to" or "have to"
Because they don't have a choice — they must wear spacesuits to survive!
Name three types of landforms or natural features and describe where you might find them.
islands, waterfalls, coasts, straits, volcanoes, rivers, deserts, rain forests, mountains, coral reefs, or kelp forests? (Any 3 with correct descriptions)
What two tools did Jacques Cousteau use to explore the ocean AND share his discoveries with the world?
(1) goggles / Aqua-Lung to explore, and (2) cameras / film studios / books / TV series to share his discoveries
A Venetian merchant who famously traveled the Silk Road. His 24-year journey across Asia and deep into China introduced Europeans to the wealth, culture, and innovations of the East.
Marco Polo