Junior Explorer 6 Unit 6 vocabulary

the Sun and all the planets that go around it

a scientist who studies astronomy and all the things in space

In 1969, Apollo 11 landed on ______________.

• Mars

• the Moon

• International Space Station

• an asteroid

How much time does the Moon take to go round the Earth?

• It takes 365 days.

• It takes 24 hours.

• It takes about 28 days.

• It takes 30 or 31 days.

When I grow up, I want to become _______________. I'd like to travel in a spaceship.

• an astronomer

• an astronaut

• an alien

• an IT specialist

At night we went outside and looked at the stars through a _______________.

• microscope

• telephone

• satellite

• telescope

There are ______________________ in the Solar System.

• eight planets

• seven planets

• nine planets

everything in space, all the planets, stars and moons

• solar system

• galaxy

• the universe

• the sun

Which two planets are the closest to the Earth?

• Mercury and Venus

• Jupiter and Neptune

• Venus and Mars

• Saturn and Uranus

An object that people send into space. It moves around the earth and is used for communication.

• shooting star

• moon

• space shuttle

• satellite