Deep Space Exploration

Along time ago, people looked into the dark night sky and wondered about the stars, meteors, comets and planets they saw. The only tools they had to study space were their _______and their imaginations.

• ears

• telescope

• eyes

• probes

As people studied the night sky, they noticed patterns in the stars, which we call __________.

• planets

• comet

• space tool

• constellation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

They began to build _____________and other structures to follow the movements of the stars.

• temples

• churches

• vaults

• observatories

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This helped people keep track of the _________and helped farmers know when to plant and harvest their crops.

• seasons

• days

• years

• months

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Astronomers wanted to get better measurements of the positions of the stars. This was not only important for science but also for __________.

• math

• history

• navigation

• culture

Special tools called astrolabes and quadrants, and later on sextants, were made to measure the _________and angle of objects in the night sky.

• position

• size

• color

• temperature

This situation changed with the invention of the first __________. A ____________is a tool that allows you to see things that are far away.

• astrolabe

• thermometer

• telescope

• maps

It was the first time ________were seen as more than just lights in the night sky.

• stars

• moons

• eclipses

• planets

Another special space tool, called a spectrometer, lets astronomers get special information out of the ________.

• sound

• light

• temperature

• color

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

True or False-Astronomers can find out the temperature of an object in space, which direction it is traveling, how fast it is going, its weight, and even what it is made of.

• True

• False

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