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