Exploring Space with an Exploring Space with an AstronautAstronaut

Vocabulary and Amazing WordsVocabulary and Amazing Words

Second GradeSecond Grade

Vocabulary WordsVocabulary Words

astronautastronaut shuttleshuttle experimentexperiment telescopetelescope gravitygravity

Amazing WordsAmazing Words

ascendascend descenddescend orbitorbit universeuniverse journeyjourney launchlaunch meteoritemeteorite

astronautastronaut

A person who has been trained to fly a A person who has been trained to fly a spaceshipspaceship

shuttleshuttle

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

experimentexperiment

A test to find out somethingA test to find out something

telescopetelescope

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

gravitygravity

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

ascendascend

To go upTo go up

descenddescend

To go downTo go down

orbitorbit

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

universeuniverse

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

journeyjourney

A long tripA long trip

launchlaunch

Getting something started or goingGetting something started or going

meteoritemeteorite

A piece of stone from space that hits A piece of stone from space that hits somethingsomething