Vocabulary

• pass by: To go past someone or something.
• off the ground: Having started or begun to operate or succeed.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• closer than: Nearer in distance compared to something else.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• out of the blue: Unexpectedly; without warning
• sun: Light and heat coming from a large star in the sky
• day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
• lit: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• small: Little in size; not big
• come: To arrive at a place
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• close: Almost; near
• plane: An airplane
• air: Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
• countryside: Natural open land away from towns
• enter: To start a career or an education
• mark: Person's name
• belt: To leave somewhere quickly (UK use)
• danger: The possibility of getting hurt, damaged, killed
• loud: Being very bright with colors, clothes etc.
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• sky: The place where we see clouds above us
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• rock: To be greatly upset by something, e.g. a death
• atmosphere: Air around us
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• strike: To hit something
• wave: Movement of sound, air or energy
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• hunt: To search for wild animals to kill (for food)
• confirm: To formally approve or check something
• weigh: To balance things against each other
• shake: To cause someone to be surprised or upset
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• coincidence: Occurrence by chance, not design or planned
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• shallow: Not deep; short from top to bottom
• unrelated: Not related; not connected
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• assure: To confirm; state with certainty something is so
• monitor: To observe and keep a record of something
• comparison: Act of comparing things
• signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
• rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
• explosion: Loud and sudden expression of emotion
• originally: At first; in the beginning
• nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
• exceed: To be greater in number, degree than something
• detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
• angle: Place where two lines or surfaces meet
• scatter: To throw or move into various different directions
• lasted: To remain or continue for a certain period of time
• shatter: To break into small pieces
• fraction: Small part of something
• meteor: Rock from space that enters the Earth's atmosphere
• asteroid: Very small planets that move around the sun
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• mph: MPH is an acronym for miles per hour
• cleanup: (Baseball) The fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team)
• unleash: To release or let an animal go
• fireball: Ball of fire (such as the sun)
• collision: Act of crashing into someone or something else
• metric: Based on the meter as a standard of measurement
• atomic: Concerning atoms
• diameter: Distance across the center of an object
• km: A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something