Vocabulary

• in miniature: On a very small scale; a small representation.
• offer up: To present something, especially to God, as a sacrifice or offering.
• in comparison: When compared to something else.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• bizarre: Odd or strange
• consider: To think carefully about something
• diverse: Being varied or different from each other
• existence: State of being present, alive or real
• conduct: Your behavior
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• distinctive: Having a quality that is different from others
• craft: To make by hand and with much skill
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• glimpse: To see or notice something very briefly
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• comparison: Act of comparing things
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• feat: Impressive act showing courage or skill
• harness: To capture the power of something
• civilization: A highly developed society
• organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• radiation: Energy transmitted as rays, waves or particles
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• harbor: Area of water protected by land and used by ships
• formation: Process of creating; making a particular shape
• magnetic: Having the properties of a magnet; able to attract
• friction: Disagreement between two or more people
• astronomical: Extremely large or high
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• chemistry: The study of the structure of substances
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• miniature: Small model of something larger
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• gravitational: Concerning the force of gravity
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• deep: Complex and important
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• flex: To move a part of the body to stretch muscles
• weak: Not having a strong character
• believe: To think or accept that something is true
• cosmos: The universe
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• terrestrial: Concerning the earth; not of, in the air or space
• tidal: Of the regular rise and fall of the sea level
• elliptical: Indirect
• spacecraft: Vehicle capable of traveling to outer space
• slingshot: Loop of leather used as a weapon to throw stones
• saltwater: Water containing salts such as the ocean