Astronomy

GLOSSARY

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Activity1

Doyouknowwhat‘astronomy’means？

Doyouthinkthatthereareanimalsandplantsonotherplanets？

Activity2

Putwordsa–einthespacestocompletesentences1–5.

a.alienb.lifec.space

d.spacecrafte.Earth

1.Animalsandplantsareexamplesof______

2.______istheareaoutsideourplanet，wherethestarsare.

3.Somethingusedfortravellingoutsideourplanetisa（n）______

4.Theplanetweliveoniscalled______

5.______meansitisfromanotherplanet.

Activity3

Inthetextbelowcalled‘Lifeonotherplanets？’，SuzieLeeanswerssomequestionsaboutastronomy.Choosewhichquestionsa-egowithwhichofheranswers（1-5）fromthetext.

a.Amazing！CanwegoandvisittheTRAPPIST-1planets？

b.Isthereanythingnewhappeninginastronomyatthemoment？

c.Oh，sowhatwillhappennext？

d.Suzie，whatisastronomy？

e.Whyisthatimportant？

Lifeonotherplanets？

1.Astronomyisthescienceofstars，planetsandspace.Someonewhostudiesastronomyisanastronomer.

2.Yes！Nowisaveryexcitingtimeforastronomers.Inearly2017，sevenplanetswerediscoveredaroundastarcalledTRAPPIST-1.Theseplanetsareasimilarsizetoourplanet，Earth，andwebelievethatatleastthreeoftheseplanetspossiblyhavewater.

3.Ifaplanethaswater，itcanalsohavelife！TheseplanetsareverysimilartoEarth.It’sthefirsttimewe’vefoundplanetslikethisandit’sveryexciting！

4.Erm，no.Unfortunately，that’snotpossible.TRAPPIST-1isveryfaraway.Ourfastestspacecraftneedover200，000yearstogetthere.

5.Well，findingtheseplanetsaroundTRAPPIST-1meansthatthereareprobablyotherplanetslikeEarthinspace.Allastronomerswanttofindalienlife.Inthepast，Ithoughtitwasimpossible，butnowitlooksasifwearegettingclose.

Activity4

Decideifthesentencesbelowaretrueornottrue.

1.Astronomyisaboutpeople.

2.Nothingnewishappeninginastronomyatthemoment.

3.TheTRAPPIST-1planetsareaboutthesamesizeasEarth.

4.Ifplanetshavewater，itispossiblethatanimalsandplantslivethere.

5.It’spossibletovisittheTRAPPIST-1planets.

6.Suziethinkswemightfindalienlifesoon.

READMORE

YoucanreadmoreabouttheTRAPPIST-1planets，lookatsomepicturesandwatchsomevideoshere：http：//www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/39049747

Youcanfindoutlotsmoreinformationandseemorepicturesonthiswebsite：https：//exoplanets.nasa.gov/trappist1/

Activity5.1

Matchwords1–3withtheirmeaninga–c.

1.discover""""""nbsp;""""2.lookasif""""""""""""3.similar

a.almostthesame"""""b.findforthefirsttime"""c.probablygoingtohappen

Activity5.2

Usewords1–3fromActivity5.1insentences1–3below.Youmayneedtoadd‘s’or‘ed’totheverbs.

1.It______it’sgoingtorain.Youshouldtakeanumbrella.

2.I’msurethatwe’ll______somenewmedicinesinthefuture.

3.DavidandJameslike______typesofmusic，sotheygotoconcertstogether.

Answers

Activity2

1.b;2.c;3.d;4.e;5.a

Activity3

1.d;2.b;3.e;4.a;5.c

Activity4

1.Nottrue（NT）;2.NT;3.True（T）;4.T;5.NT;6.T

Activity5.1

1.b;2.c;3.a

Activity5.2

1.looksasif;2.discover;3.similar