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14 Cards in this Set
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To look steadily at something for a long time.
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Gaze
Sam and Julie gazed at the polar bears swimming in a large pool at the zoon. |
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The force on our planet that pulls things toward the center of the earth.
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Gravity
Gravity causes an apple to fall to the ground. |
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To turn or throw something back.
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Reflect
The water reflected the sun so strongly that Giselle put on her sunglasses. |
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Means in addition to or also
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Besides
Besides being on the soccer team, Sean loves playing basketball. |
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The condition of being serious.
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Gravity
Celia understood later the gravity of what she had done by playing too close to the large waves. |
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A person who studies the sun, planets, stars, and other objects in space.
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Astronomer
In 1610, Galileo was the first astronomer to see four of the moons of Jupiter. |
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Means next to.
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Beside
Melanie ate two scoops of ice cream beside the table. |
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An object that makes distant things seem closer and larger. It does this by using mirrors and lenses.
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Telescope
On a cool October night, Dad and Molly set up the telescope in the backyard to view the stars. |
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To think carefully about something.
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Reflect
Paul reflected on the next chess piece he would move. |
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A round hole in the shape of a bowl. It is found in the ground or at the mouth of a volcano.
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Crater
The hikers walked to the top of the volcano to look down into the large crater. |
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The distance from side to side and through the center of a circle or a round object.
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Diameter
The diameter of the trunk of our old oak tree was at least thirty inches. |
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All of space and all of the objects in space.
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Universe
The Milky Way is just one of many large groups of stars in our universe. |
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A unit for measuring how warm something is.
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Degree
Cindy heated the oven to 350 degrees before she put the bread in to bake. |
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A stage or step in a series that one goes through.
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Degree
By degrees, Malcolm taught his puppy to obey commands like sit, heel and give. |
