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Vocabulary
Telescopes
Constellations
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VocabularyTelescopes ConstellationsEarth’s
MovementPot Pourri
Huge globe of hot gases that shines by its own light
What is a star?
Imaginary line on which an object
rotates
What is axis?
Small space object made of ice, dust, gas, and rock that
orbits a star and can have a tail
What is comet?
Piece of rock or metal from space that enters Earth’s
atmosphere
What is meteor?
Large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce light on its own
What is planet?
Instrument for viewing distant objects that uses a curved mirror at the back of its tube to gather light
and produce an image
What is reflecting telescope?
Instrument for viewing distant objects that uses
two lenses to gather light and produce an
image.
What is refracting telescope?
The type of telescopes that are the world’s largest telescopes
What are reflecting telescopes?
The famous Italian scientist who made many discoveries
using the telescope
What is Galileo?
It’s where most telescope images are saved today
What is the computer?
The number of constellations that are recognized by
astronomers?
What is 88?
It’s where you will always find Polaris.
What is directly above the North Pole?
The Micmac Native Americans called it the Celestial Bear
What is the Big Dipper?
These are the two most widely recognized
constellations.
What are the Big and Little Dipper?
These are named from Greek and
Roman mythology
What are the Northern constellations?
It is why the constellations
appear to move from east to west
each night?
What is rotation?
The tilt of the earth, and revolution
causes this.
What are seasons?
This is the imaginary line on which the earth
rotates
What is axis?
It’s the path a planet follows around the
sun
What is orbit?
It’s our season when Australia is enjoying
the summer.
What is winter?
It’s what the ancient Greeks called the
planets
What are wandering stars?
This planet is also called the morning and evening star.
What is Venus?
It’s what a comet is releasing when we
see its fiery tail.
What are frozen gases?
It’s what scientist believe caused the
extinction of dinosaurs.
What is a comet hitting the earth?
It’s what the Micmac believe
causes the leaves to turn red in Autumn.
What is the Celestial Bear’s blood.
Final Jeopard
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Constellations
The name of one of these two
constellations.
What are Cassiopeia and Orion?