Matching Pairs Space exploration glossaryOnline version Use this game to review the words we've been practising in Science class. by Neus Vinyallonga 1 Planet 2 Rocket 3 Telescope 4 Shooting star 5 Star 6 Asteroid 7 Landing 8 Gravity 9 Natural satellite 10 Dwarf planet 11 Comet 12 Thesis 13 Bright 14 Spacecraft 15 Astronomy Invisible force that attracts us to the center of the Earth. Used to send spacecrafts or artificial satellites to the space. A piece of rock or ice from space that produces a bright light as it travels through the Earth's atmosphere. A vehicle used to travel in space (synonym of spaceship) A very large ball of gas in space that is usually seen from the Earth as a point of light in the sky at night. Examples: Sun, Polaris and Alfa Centaury. A very small planet. Device or tool for making objects that are far away look closer and larger. Used to investigate the outter space. Piece of ice that circles the Sun and every certain years can be seen from Earth. Document similar to a book that groups all the important information about some investigation. Specially related to college (university). a natural object moving around a planet in the space. Example: Moon, Europe, Callisto, Science that studies all the celestial bodies in space. Adjective related to the amount of light an object has. An extremely large, round mass of rock, such as Earth, or of gas, such as Jupiter, that moves in a circular path around the Sun or another star: Verb referred to an airplane or a spacecraft arriving on the ground. A rock that circles the Sun. Example: Kuiper's belt.
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