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The Rocky
Planets and The
Gas Giant
Planets
Vocabulary Practice
Categories
 Noun
 Groups,
 Food
classes, divisions
is divided into different categories
such as dairy, vegetables, and fruits.
Orbit
 Verb
 To
move or travel around in a curved or
elliptical path
 Earth
moves in orbit around the Sun.
Axis
 Noun
 The
central (imaginary) line that bisects a
figure
 Earth’s
axis line runs directly through the
North and South poles.
Absorb
 Verb
 To
soak up or fill
 Students
come to school to absorb as
much knowledge as possible.
Surface
 Noun
 The
 The
outermost layer of something
surface of the jawbreaker was as
hard as a rock!
Surround
 Noun
 To
enclose on all sides
 The
farmer used a fence to surround the
animals.
Similar
 Adjective
 Having
 The
a strong likeness or resemblance
twins have many similar features and
characteristics.
Dense
 Adjective
 Having
the components or parts closely
compacted together
 The
fog was very dense which made it
hard to see.
Odd
 Adjective
 Differing
strange
 The
from what is normal; weird or
ears on the animal seemed odd
because they were not proportionate to
his body.
Erode
 Verb
 To
eat away slowly
 The
ocean can erode the rocks creating
beautiful rock formations.
Interior
 Adjective
 Being
 The
within; inside of
interior
of the house has
a very modern
design.
Interesting
 Adjective
 Engaging
 The
or exciting
children were all smiles because they
thought the clown was very interesting.
Visible
 Adjective
 Able
to be seen clearly
 Things
became a lot more visible when
the man wore his glasses.
Revolve
 Verb
 To
A
turn around or rotate on a center
helicopter’s wings revolve in a rapid
circular motion.
Violent
 Adjective
 Uncontrolled,
 The
strong, rough force
tornado exhibited violent weather as
it ripped through the town.
Tectonic
 Adjective
 Referring
to the forces or conditions within
the earth that cause movement in the
earth’s crust
 We
tend to see more tectonic movement
in California than were we live because it
is closer to a fault line.