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Weather and The Moon Vocabulary
These words will be used in the first learning progression in this science unit.
8 cards·by anghas35
relative sizetelescopeplanetorbitstarinternational spacecompositionsatellite
Star
fixed, luminous point in the night sky, which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun
planet
fixed, luminous point in the night sky, which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun
telescope
an instrument that allows people to see distant objects
satellite
An object that orbits a planet.
International Space Station
an artificial satellite that orbits Earth that astronauts from around the world can live to
study space
relative size
How big or small an object is when compared to another object.
orbit
a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one.
composition
the manner in which parts of a thing are put together.