Vocabulary

• light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• to scale: In proportion; maintaining accurate relative dimensions.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• check out
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• strike: To hit something
• atmosphere: Air around us
• epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• decade: Period of 10 years
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• hypothesis: A theory trying to explain something
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• device: Object, machine, or equipment for a specific use
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
• radiation: Energy transmitted as rays, waves or particles
• slam: To criticize sharply
• bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
• emit: To release or send out (a gas, etc.)
• century: Period of 100 years
• magnetic: Having the properties of a magnet; able to attract
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• navigation: Act of finding and following the correct course
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• cosmic: Concerning space and the universe
• rebound: Bouncing off something, then going back into play
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• nitrogen: A colorless chemical element without a smell
• flare: To become angry or excited suddenly
• burp: To expel gas from the stomach noisily
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• plasma: Substance in which the blood cells are carried
• confine: To hold or imprison someone in a place
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• antenna: Antenna; device for receiving radio/ TV signal
• paddle: Long stick with a flat end used to move a boat
• dazzle: To make one feel great excitement or admiration
• physicist: Person who studies and works in physics
• corona: Outermost region of the sun's atmosphere
• electron: A negatively charged particle
• ejection: Making a disk, etc. come out of a machine