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