Exploring Space with an Astronaut Vocabulary and Amazing Words Second Grade

Vocabulary Words astronaut shuttle experiment telescope gravity

Amazing Words ascend descend orbit universe journey launch meteorite

astronaut A person who has been trained to fly a spaceship

shuttle A spacecraft with wings, which can orbit the Earth, land like an airplane, and be used again

experiment A test to find out something

telescope Something you look through to make things far away seem nearer and larger

gravity The natural force that causes objects to move toward the center of the Earth

ascend To go up

descend To go down

orbit The path of something like a spacecraft or planet around something in space, such as Earth or the sun

universe Made up of Earth, the sun, the moon, and all the other planets and stars in the sky

journey A long trip

launch Getting something started or going

meteorite A piece of stone from space that hits something