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Astronomy ch1
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Planet | One of the heavenly bodies that orbit the sun. |
| Universe | Everything that exists in space, including the earth, planets, sun & stars. |
| Gravity | A physical force causing objects to pull on other objects, such as with the sun pulling on the earth. |
| Instinct | a gift God gives to creatures causing them to behave in a cetain manner that is helpful to their survival, such as birds flying south for the winter. |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Galileo Galilei | Scientist who use telescopes to study planets and stars and supported the idea of the astronomer Copernicius |
| Nicolas Copernicus | Astronomer who supported the idea that the earth revolved around the sun. |
| Stonehenge | An ancient monument of stones in England that may have been used to predict the arrival of spring and other seasons. |
| Astronomy | The study of everything in space, including stars, planets, sun and moon. |
| Astonomer | A person who studies everything in space including the stars, planets, sun an moons. |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Is in charge of America's space program. Builds spaceships, telescopes, robots and things for space exploration. |
| Hubble Space Telescope | Sends pictures back from space to earth so we can learn more about the sun, planets, stars and moons. |
| Satellite | Object in space that travels in a circle around another object. example the moon orbits the earth. |
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