Grade 3 - Module 2 Vocabulary - Outer Space

Grade 3 - Module 2 Vocabulary Outer Space

​TRADITION

​a belief, custom, or way of doing something that has existed or been passed down for a long time

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​My favorite summer tradition is having a family picnic and watching the fireworks on the Fourth of July.

​REVOLVE

​to move around like a wheel or a circle around a specific point, or to make something move around like a wheel

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​All the planets in our universe revolve around the sun.

ASSEMBLAGE; ASSEMBLY

the coming together of people for a particular purpose; ​a group of things collected together

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​We learned about veterans who served in the United States military at our school assembly.

ASTRONOMER

​a scientist who studies the stars and planets

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​Although Galileo did not invent the telescope as many believe, this astronomer observed Venus, discovered sunspots and the moons of Jupiter.

CONDEMNED

​a person who is going to be punished

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​a condemned building is officially not safe to live in or use

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​to say in a strong and definite way that someone or something is bad or wrong

The robbers were condemned and punished for their crimes.​

DOUBT

​a feeling of being not sure whether something is true or right

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​My parents think that I am not very responsible with my supplies, so I doubt that they will buy me a cell phone.

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the coming together of people for a particular purpose; ​a group of things collected together

• assembly

• astronomer

• tradition

• revolve

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​a person who is going to be punished

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​a building that is officially not safe to live in or use

to say in a strong and definite way that someone or something is bad or wrong

• astronomer

• assembly

• doubt

• condemned

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​to move around like a wheel or a circle around a specific point, or to make something move around like a wheel

• condemned

• astronomer

• revolve

• doubt

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​a feeling of being not sure whether something is true or right

• revolve

• tradition

• doubt

• condemned

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​a belief, custom, or way of doing something that has existed or been passed down for a long time

• condemned

• doubt

• tradition

• revolve

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​a scientist who studies the stars and planets

• doubt

• assembly

• revolve

• astronomer

THRIVED

​to become very successful or very strong and healthy

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​My plant almost died, but when I moved it to a sunny spot and watered it regularly, it thrived.

ACCOMPLISHED

​to succeed in doing something, especially after trying very hard

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​an accomplished writer, painter, singer etc is very skillful

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​Every day at school students accomplish many activities that help them learn new ideas.

PARDONED

​to officially allow someone who has been found guilty of a crime to go free without being punished

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to forgive someone for behaving badly

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​The judge pardoned the thief when she found out that he only stole food to help his hungry family.

PUNISHED

​to make someone suffer because they have done something wrong or broken the law

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​The child was punished for starting a fight with her classmate.

INFLUENCE

​ the power to change the way someone or something develops, behaves, or thinks, without using direct force or orders

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​My older sister was a good influence on me because she taught me how be a successful student by making time for my homework and reading assignments.

TELESCOPE

​a piece of equipment shaped like a tube, used for making distant objects look larger and closer

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​I could view the craters on the moon through my telescope.

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​to make someone suffer because they have done something wrong or broken the law

• pardoned

• punished

• influenced

• thrived

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​a piece of equipment shaped like a tube, used for making distant objects look larger and closer

• stethoscope

• telescope

• microscope

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​to become very successful or very strong and healthy

• thrived

• accomplished

• influence

• pardoned

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​to officially allow someone who has been found guilty of a crime to go free without being punished

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to forgive someone for behaving badly

• pardoned

• influence

• punished

• accomplished

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​ the power to change the way someone or something develops, behaves, or thinks, without using direct force or orders

• accomplished

• pardoned

• thrived

• influence

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to succeed in doing something, especially after trying very hard

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​a writer, painter, singer etc who is very skillful

• accomplished

• punished

• pardoned

• thrived

INSTRUMENT

​a small tool used in work such as science or medicine

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​After polishing my teeth, the dentist checked for cavities with her instruments.

INSPIRED

​to encourage someone by making them feel confident and eager to do something

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​to give someone the idea for something, especially a story, painting, poem

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​My kind and talented third grade teacher inspired me to become a doctor.

OBSERVATIONS

​the process of watching something or someone carefully for a period of time

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​something that you notice when watching something or someone

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​Scientists use their observations to cure diseases or develop medicines and vaccines to help people fight diseases.

MISSION

​a special or important job given to a person or a group of people that involves travelling somewhere

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​Will the next space mission be a journey to Mars?

RELEASE

​to let someone go free, after having kept them somewhere

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​We watched the butterfly emerge from its chrysalis and released it outside.

REDUCE

​to make something smaller or less in size, amount, or price

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The price of the big screen television was reduced when it went on sale.

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​to make something smaller or less in size, amount, or price

• reduce

• release

• inspire

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​the process of watching something or someone carefully for a period of time

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​something that you notice when watching something or someone

• release

• instrument

• mission

• observation

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​to let someone or something go free, after having kept them somewhere

• reduce

• release

• inspire

• observe

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to encourage someone by making them feel confident and eager to do something

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​to give someone the idea for something, especially a story, painting, poem

• inspire

• mission

• observe

• reduce

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​a special or important job given to a person or a group of people that involves travelling somewhere

• observation

• release

• mission

• instrument

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​a small tool used in work such as science or medicine

• reduce

• observations

• instruments

• inspire

MALFUNCTIONING

​a problem in the way a machine or part of someone’s body works

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​MAL (Bad) + FUNCTION = Functioning or working badly

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SATELLITE

​a machine that has been sent into space and goes around the Earth, Moon etc, used for radio, television, and other electronic communication

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​a natural object that moves around a planet

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Signals received by cell phones, televisions and radios can be lost if a satellite malfunctions.

LUNAR

​having to do with or relating to the Moon or to travel to the Moon

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​About three times a year, the moon passes through the Earth's shadow, causing a lunar eclipse.

CLIPPED

​cut so that it is short and neat

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​a clipped voice is quick and clear but not very friendly

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​The mother spoke with a clipped voice when her child started getting out of hand.

CONSERVE

​to protect or save something from being changed, damaged, used up,or destroyed

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​We must conserve water so that we will have it available for many years to come.

GRIT

​very small pieces of stone or sand

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​After falling off his bike, the boy felt tiny pieces of grit and sand on his knees.

Multiple Choice

​a machine that has been sent into space and goes around the Earth, Moon etc, used for radio, television, and other electronic communication

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​a natural object that moves around a planet

• clipped

• satellite

• grit

• lunar

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​to protect something from being changed, damaged, used up, or destroyed

• grit

• lunar

• descent

• conserve

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​very small pieces of stone or sand

• grit

• lunar

• satellite

• conserve

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​cut so that it is short and neat

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​a clipped voice is quick and clear but not very friendly

• clipped

• lunar

• satellite

• descent

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​a problem in the way a machine or part of someone’s body works

• fragile

• permanent

• malfunction

• advantage

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​having to do with or relating to the Moon or to travel to the Moon

• conserve

• clipped

• satellite

• lunar

DESCENT

​the process of going down

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​As the plane started its descent to land at the airport, the passengers fastened their seatbelts.

ASCENT

​the act of climbing something or moving upwards

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​way up to the top of something, for example a mountain

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​The hikers began their ascent of the mountain.

PERMANENT

​continuing to exist for a long time or for all the time in the future

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​lasting or intended to last forever

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​If you take good care of your permanent teeth, they will last for a lifetime.

GOUGED

​to make a deep hole or cut in the surface of something

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​There is a gouge in the floor from when we moved the bookcase.

FRAGILE

​easily broken or damaged; delicate

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​We used bubble wrap to pack our fragile items for the move to the new house.

ADVANTAGE

​something that helps you to be more successful than others

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​Readers have an advantage in understanding a text if they background knowledge about the topic.

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​continuing to exist for a long time or for all the time in the future

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​lasting or intended to last forever

• ascent

• permanent

• fragile

• advantage

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​the process of going down

• clipped

• grit

• descent

• conserve

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​something that helps you to be more successful than others

• advantage

• malfunction

• fragile

• ascent

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​to make a deep hole or cut in the surface of something

• malfunction

• advantage

• ascent

• gouge

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​the act of climbing something or moving upwards

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​way up to the top of something, for example a mountain

• ascend

• descend

• malfuntioning

• advantage

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​easily broken or damaged; delicate

• advantage

• gouged

• ascent

• fragile

MYTH

​an idea or story that many people believe, but which is not true

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​an ancient story, especially one invented in order to explain natural or historical events

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​The popular Percy Jackson series is based on myths of the Greek hero Perseus who conquered many strange creatures.

HIDEOUS

​extremely unpleasant, frightening or ugly; disgusting

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​These hideous creatures were characters in the movie Monsters Inc.

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CONSTELLATION

​a group of stars that forms a pattern or picture and has a name

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​If you look up at the sky on a clear night, it is easy to find the constellations of the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper.

​INTEND

​to have something in your mind as a plan or purpose

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​This girl intends on becoming an astronaut when she grows up.

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MEZZOTINT

​a picture printed from a metal plate that is polished in places to produce areas of light and shade

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​The artist created mezzotints, beautiful engravings on copper and steel.

Multiple Choice

​a picture printed from a metal plate that is polished in places to produce areas of light and shade

• intend

• constellation

• myth

• mezzotint

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​a group of stars that forms a particular pattern or picture and has a name

• myth

• constellation

• hideous

• mezzotint

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​an idea or story that many people believe, but which is not true

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​an ancient story, especially one invented in order to explain natural or historical events

• myth

• hideous

• constellation

• intend

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​extremely unpleasant, frightening or ugly; disgusting

• hideous

• mezzotint

• constellation

• myth

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​to have something in your mind as a plan or purpose

• intend

• hideous

• constellation

• myth