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