Unit 4: Here, There, and Beyond

Learn these words from the comparative science article by Glen Phelan (Inside: Level C, Unit 4).

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  1. solar system
    the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it
  2. surface
    the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer
  3. rotation
    the act of turning as if on an axis
  4. solid
    not soft or yielding to pressure
  5. content
    the amount that can be contained
  6. atmosphere
    the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body
  7. energy
    any source of usable power
  8. feature
    a prominent attribute or aspect of something
  9. diameter
    the length of a straight line through the center of a circle
  10. compose
    form the substance of
  11. matter
    that which has mass and occupies space
  12. debris
    the remains of something that has been destroyed
  13. consider
    deem to be
  14. measurement
    assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
  15. reveal
    make visible
  16. collapse
    a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down
  17. comet
    a small frozen mass that travels around the sun
Created on August 3, 2016 (updated August 15, 2016)

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