Vocabulary (List 12)

Match the following

• astronaut

• a person who travels into outer space in a spacecraft

• astronomical

• a person who studies stars, planets, and other objects in outer space

• asteroid

• extremely large or something relating to astronomy

• asterisk

• small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun

• astronomer

• a symbol (*) that is used in printed text, sometimes to tell someone to read a note that can be found at the bottom of the page

Match the following

• diverse

• able to speak and understand two languages; using or expressed in two languages

• bilingual

• a situation in which you must make a difficult choice

• trio

• a group of three singers or musicians who perform together; a group of three people or things

• trilogy

• a series of three novels or movies that are closely related and involve the same characters or themes

• dilemma

• different from each other; made up of people or things that are different from each other

Match the following

• igneous rock

• rock that is formed over time as particles, like sand, pebbles, clay, and organic material is compressed together under pressure

• sedimentary rock

• rock that forms when melted rock cools and hardens, either slowly underground or quickly on the surface

• metamorphic rock

• the solid components of the Earth, including rocks, minerals, and landforms, from the crust to the core

• atmosphere

• rocks that have changed over a long period of time due to intense heat and pressure

• geosphere

• the layer of gases surrounding the Earth

A symbol (*) that is used in printed text, sometimes to tell someone to read a note that can be found at the bottom of the page

• asterisk

• asteroid

• dilemma

• trilogy

small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun

• asterisk

• asteroid

• dilemma

• trilogy

A person who travels into outer space in a spacecraft

• asterisk

• astronaut

• astronomer

• trio

A person who studies stars, planets, and other objects in outer space

• asterisk

• astronaut

• astronomer

• trio

extremely large or something relating to astronomy

• asteroid

• astronaut

• astronomer

• astronomical

A situation in which you must make a difficult choice

• asterisk

• astronomical

• dilemma

• trilogy

Different from each other; made up of people or things that are different from each other

• bilingual

• dilemma

• diverse

• trilogy