Vocabulary

• light on: To illuminate something.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• 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.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in practice: In reality or actual use; as opposed to in theory.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• molecule: Two or more atoms chemically combined
• amount: Quantity of something
• complicated: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• atmosphere: Air around us
• clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• ambiguous: Able to be understood in more than one way
• emission: A substance (e.g. gas) released into the air
• emit: To release or send out (a gas, etc.)
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• sodium: A soft, white chemical element
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• dioxide: An oxide containing two oxides per molecule
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• faint: To suddenly become unconscious and fall down
• acid: Sour substance that reacts with metals e.g. lemon
• relative: Measured or considered in comparison to another
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• scatter: To throw or move into various different directions
• discover: To find something new that was not known before
• match: To equal or be as good as something else
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• part: Division of a book
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• methane: Colorless gas without smell often used as fuel
• hydrogen: Lightest of all chemical elements
• transmit: To broadcast by using signals to a radio/TV
• absorption: Process of being absorbed e.g. liquid, attention
• vapor: Tiny droplets or pieces of some substance spread thinly throughout the air
• nitrogen: A colorless chemical element without a smell
• constituent: Necessary part or element of something else
• molecular: About or caused by molecules
• helium: Light, colorless gaseous element with no smell
• prism: Three-dimensional object
• fingerprint: Generic term for any identifying characteristic
• grating: To shred food into very small pieces
• diffraction: Bending light, etc. around something/through a hole