Wonders - Unit 5.1 Vocabulary

approximately

• nearly correct

• exact

astronomical

• The science of the sun, stars, planets & other space objects.

• The process of determining something.

calculation

• The act or process of determining something using mathematics.

• The length of a straight line passing through the center of a sphere.

criteria

• The act or process of determining something using mathematics.

• Rules, standards, or tests by which something or someone is judged.

diameter

• Anything that is shaped like a ball or a globe.

• The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle or sphere, from one side to another.

evaluate

• To judge or discover the value of something.

• Nearly correct or nearly exact.

orbit

• Anything shaped like a ball or a globe.

• To move in a circle around another object.

spheres

• Anything shaped like a ball or a globe.

• The act or process of determining something using mathematics.

An antonym for approximatley is ......

• exact

• roughly

A synonym for evaluate is ......

• judge

• ignore