Telescopes

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Across
  1. 3. Italian astronomer that said that Copernicus was CORRECT and the Earth did orbit the Sun
  2. 4. Make an object look bigger
  3. 6. Word for light rays joining
  4. 7. Distance between the lens and the image made
  5. 11. Theory that the Sun is at the centre of our solar system
  6. 14. Light bouncing off a surface such as a mirror
  7. 16. The planet we live on
  8. 17. Lens on a telescope that magnifies an image
  9. 19. Piece of equipment used by astronomers to look into Space
  10. 23. Light changing direction as it passes from one material to another
  11. 24. Very shiny object that reflects light very well
Down
  1. 1. Type of lens that makes light rays converge (make the light rays come together)
  2. 2. Proof that a theory is correct
  3. 5. This is where light passes from one material into another
  4. 8. Lens on a telescope that collects light from a distant object
  5. 9. Polish astronomer who first used measurements to prove that the Earth orbited the Sun
  6. 10. Made of rock and they orbit planets
  7. 12. Theory that the Earth is at the centre of our solar system
  8. 13. Type of image made from where the light APPEARS to have come from and converged
  9. 15. Type of lens that makes light rays diverge (go away from each other)
  10. 18. Made of gas or rock, they orbit a Sun and we live on one called Earth
  11. 20. Piece of glass used to refract light
  12. 21. Ancient Greek astronomer who used measurements to say that the planets in our solar system orbited the Earth
  13. 22. A star that planets orbit
  14. 25. Type of image made when light rays converge, the image is upside down