Question 1

a small rocky body orbiting the sun

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asteroid

Question 2

A meteoroid that passes through the atmosphere and hits Earth's surface.

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meteorite

Question 3

a large-scale disaster, misfortune, or failure

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catastrophe

Question 4

A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon.

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atmosphere

Question 5

A sequence of events that is imagined, assumed, or suggested

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scenario

Question 6

a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

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dilemma

Question 7

A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid.

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crater

Question 8

To cause to turn aside or away

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deflect

Question 9

a change of course or direction

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deflection

Question 10

to spin on an axis

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rotate

Question 11

A ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows

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comet

Question 12

engine

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motor

Question 13

occupy, attract, or involve (someone's interest or attention).

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engage

Question 14

disadvantage, inconvenience

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drawback

Question 15

to come together with great force

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collide

Question 16

A huge group of single stars, star systems, star clusters, dust, and gas bound together by gravity

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galaxy

Question 17

Complete failure and ruin

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collapse

Question 18

crash

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collision

Question 19

one thickness above or between other thicknesses

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layer

Question 20

Closely packed together

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dense

Question 21

ridiculous, senseless

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preposterious

Question 22

move around

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spin

Question 23

to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

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squeeze

Question 24

crush; quash; suppress

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squash

Question 25

the other way around

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vice versa

Question 26

A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.

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gravity

Question 27

to draw a conclusion from given facts

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deduce

Question 28

A device built to observe distant objects by making them appear closer

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telescope

Question 29

A substance produced in a chemical reaction, result

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product

Question 30

> to watch something or somebody secretly

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spy on

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