Vocabulary

• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• close up: A photograph or film shot taken of a subject at close range.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• blast off
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• get about: To go out a lot; travel widely
• in charge: To be responsible for
• zoom out: To decrease the magnification of an image, showing more of the scene.
• fly through: To move or pass through something very quickly.
• have at: To attack someone or something.
• have to: Must do
• solar eclipse: An eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the moon.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• make up: To invent or create a story
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• hear things: To imagine hearing sounds or voices that are not real.
• hide behind: To avoid responsibility or truth by using something as an excuse.
• go on: To continue doing something
• get here: To arrive at a specific location.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• going on: To continue doing something
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• in terms of
• halfway through: At or in the middle of a period of time or an activity.
• map out: To plan or arrange something in detail.
• to death: Extremely; to a great degree
• use up: To use all of; consume
• puzzle with: To try to solve a difficult problem or understand a confusing situation by thinking carefully about it.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• atmosphere: Air around us
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• blast: To attack someone with words
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• tiny: Very, very small
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• huge: Very very large
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• vacuum: Space with absolutely no air in it
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• magnetic: Having the properties of a magnet; able to attract
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• hydrogen: Lightest of all chemical elements
• point: An item to be discussed
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• probe: To carefully examine an issue by asking questions
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• plasma: Substance in which the blood cells are carried
• churn: To turn milk round and round to make butter
• datum: Item of factual information
• northern: In or toward the north
• helium: Light, colorless gaseous element with no smell
• zoom: Camera lens used to magnify images
• corona: Outermost region of the sun's atmosphere