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 Star 2 Telescope 3 Landing 4 Natural satellite 5 Shooting star 6 Rocket 7 Planet 8 Gravity 9 Comet 10 Asteroid 11 Bright 12 Spacecraft 13 Astronomy 14 Thesis 15 Dwarf planet A piece of rock or ice from space that produces a bright light as it travels through the Earth's atmosphere. A rock that circles the Sun. Example: Kuiper's belt. Invisible force that attracts us to the center of the Earth. Adjective related to the amount of light an object has. 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) Used to send spacecrafts or artificial satellites to the space. Device or tool for making objects that are far away look closer and larger. Used to investigate the outter space. a natural object moving around a planet in the space. Example: Moon, Europe, Callisto, 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. Science that studies all the celestial bodies in space. A very small planet. 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. Verb referred to an airplane or a spacecraft arriving on the ground.