Key words

Word 1

DROUGHT

• a long period with little or no rain
• to find or notice something using special equipment
• a protected area where nature is kept safe
• a device used to make distant objects in space look closer

Word 2

POPULATION

• a kind of neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field
• describing a species that enters and harms a local ecosystem
• the total number of animals or people in one place
• a long period with little or no rain

Word 3

DETECT

• a long period with little or no rain
• a kind of neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field
• to find or notice something using special equipment
• a device used to make distant objects in space look closer

Word 4

CONSERVATION

• to find or notice something using special equipment
• work to protect nature and wildlife
• a study that collects information by counting or asking questions
• describing a species that enters and harms a local ecosystem

Word 5

GALAXY

• work to protect nature and wildlife
• describing a species that enters and harms a local ecosystem
• a long period with little or no rain
• a very large group of stars, gas and dust in space

Word 6

INVASIVE

• very far away in space or time
• a device used to make distant objects in space look closer
• a scientist who studies space, stars and galaxies
• describing a species that enters and harms a local ecosystem

Word 7

DISTANT

• a very large group of stars, gas and dust in space
• to find or notice something using special equipment
• very far away in space or time
• a study that collects information by counting or asking questions

Word 8

ESTIMATE

• a number that is close to the real amount, not exact
• work to protect nature and wildlife
• to find or notice something using special equipment
• anything that has mass, including unseen material in space

Word 9

SURVEY

• a study that collects information by counting or asking questions
• a kind of neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field
• to find or notice something using special equipment
• a device used to make distant objects in space look closer

Word 10

RESERVE

• a protected area where nature is kept safe
• a scientist who studies space, stars and galaxies
• very far away in space or time
• a kind of neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field

Word 11

MATTER

• anything that has mass, including unseen material in space
• a very large group of stars, gas and dust in space
• a device used to make distant objects in space look closer
• describing a species that enters and harms a local ecosystem

Word 12

TELESCOPE

• to find or notice something using special equipment
• a device used to make distant objects in space look closer
• a study that collects information by counting or asking questions
• a long period with little or no rain

Word 13

MAGNETAR

• to find or notice something using special equipment
• a very large group of stars, gas and dust in space
• work to protect nature and wildlife
• a kind of neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field

Word 14

ASTRONOMER

• describing a species that enters and harms a local ecosystem
• very far away in space or time
• a scientist who studies space, stars and galaxies
• a protected area where nature is kept safe