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Academic Vocabulary (Astronomy) Review

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    Academic Vocabulary (Astronomy) Review
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  • The planet must have been hit by an _______ or a comet.
    asteroid
    astronomer
    celestial object
    astronaut
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  • It's the first time __________ had identified an exploding magnetar in another galaxy.
    asteroids
    celestial objects
    astronomers
    astronaut
  •  15
  • The _________ was welcomed with joyous , resounding acclaim
    spacecraft
    astronomer
    astronaut
    pilot license
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  • The six astronauts on board will spend ten days in ______.
    galaxy
    Moon
    space
    planet
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  • Astronomers have discovered a distant ______.
    Sun
    galaxy
    Earth
    pilot license
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  • Pluto is the farthest _______ in the solar system.
    orbit
    Earth
    constellation
    planet
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  • The displacement is independent of the distance from the observer to the ______________ and a telescope has to be slightly tilted to compensate for the distortion.
    asteroids
    celestial object
    galaxy
    planet
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  • He earned his airline transport __________ in 2001.
    satellite
    pilot license
    constellation
    telescope
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  • The ____ was shining brilliantly when all of a sudden darkness descended over the place.
    moon
    earth
    sun
    planet
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  • Planet ______ is the only planet out of the eight planets in the Solar system that hosts life.
    Orbit
    Moon
    Earth
    Sun
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  • The ________ makes the craters on the surface of the moon incredibly clear.
    astronomer
    lens
    telescope
    reflector
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  • Studying the craters on the _____ allowed the scientists to get a better idea of how much water could be found on it.
    moon
    planet
    sun
    earth
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  • The __________ Ursa Major contains the stars of the Big Dipper.
    specks of light
    constellation
    satellite
    spacecraft
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  • An _____ is a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one.
    asteroids
    orbit
    astronomer
    astronaut
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  • The __________ disintegrated as it entered the Earth's atmosphere.
    spacecraft
    astronaut
    satellite
    telescope
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  • The ______ orbits the Earth every 48 hours.
    specks of light
    spacecraft
    constellation
    satellite
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