Vocabulary

• due to: Because of; owing to
• such as: For example; like
• move closer: To reduce the distance between two objects or people.
• burn up: To consume all of something, e.g. fuel, energy
• check out
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• amount: Quantity of something
• atmosphere: Air around us
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• grain: Seeds of plants used for food
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• trail: Series of marks or signs left by something moving
• leftover: (Of food) that you didn't eat at a meal
• resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
• due: When something is required or expected
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• radiation: Energy transmitted as rays, waves or particles
• object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
• collision: Act of crashing into someone or something else
• vary: To change something and make it different
• coma: State of unconsciousness caused by injury, disease
• formation: Process of creating; making a particular shape
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• methane: Colorless gas without smell often used as fuel
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• asteroid: Very small planets that move around the sun
• evaporate: To pass off or away; to disappear
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• collide: To come together or crash with a lot of force
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• nitrogen: A colorless chemical element without a smell
• gravitational: Concerning the force of gravity
• nucleus: Center of an atom
• dwarf: Person of short stature, due to medical condition
• burn: To destroy with fire
• interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• tablet: Small hand-held computer with a touch screen
• tug: To pull (something) hard or suddenly
• reside: To live in; dwell; to be present
• meteor: Rock from space that enters the Earth's atmosphere
• pebble: Small, smooth stone, as found on a beach
• comet: Moving object in space, with a long, bright tail
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• snowball: Ball of snow you throw at each other