Astronomy
Sentence Completion
10 Nouns | Fill-in-the-Blank
Vocabulary
Use These Nouns to Complete the Sentences Below
Asteroid
A small rocky body orbiting the sun.
Comet
An icy object that glows with a tail when near the Sun.
Constellation
A group of stars making a pattern in the sky.
Crater
A bowl-shaped hole on a planet, moon, or asteroid formed by an impact.
Dwarf Planet
A celestial body orbiting the Sun, but not a planet because it hasn’t cleared its orbit.
Eclipse
When one space object blocks the light of another.
Impact
When a space object collides with another celestial body.
Luminosity
The amount of energy a star releases.
Meteor
A space rock that burns up in Earth's atmosphere, creating a streak of light.
Solar Flare
A sudden burst of intense energy from the Sun’s surface.
Sentence Completion
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Astronomy
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Word Bank
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- asteroid
- meteor
- dwarf planet
- comet
- solar flare
- luminosity
- eclipse
- impact
- crater
- constellation
A develops a glowing tail as it nears the sun and its ice vaporizes.
The longest recent total was on July 22, 2009, lasting 6 minutes and 39 seconds.
NASA recently landed a rover to investigate a deep on Mars.
As distance increases, decreases, causing far-off stars to appear dimmer.
The largest known , Ceres, is about 940 kilometers wide.
In 2024, NASA's Perseverance team studied a meteoroid on Mars to uncover its geological past.
The Ursa Major includes the Big Dipper, a well-known star pattern.
Pluto was reclassified as a in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union.
The Perseid shower lights up the night sky every August.
A releases energy equivalent to millions of hydrogen bombs.
