Ellie and Oscar's Trip ....................................................................(Close book)

Glossary


  1. Abundant - in plentiful supply.

  2. Adapted - to adjust to a specific use or situation.

  3. Cold-blooded - having a body temperature that changes with the external environment.

  4. Earth - third planet from the sun.

  5. Environment - the circumstances or conditions that surround one.

  6. Fahrenheit - a scale of temperature at which water freezes at 32 degrees under standard conditions.

  7. Jupiter - the fifth planet from the sun.

  8. Natural resource - a material source of wealth that occurs in a natural state.

  9. Natural selection - the idea that individuals with characteristics helpful for surviving in the environment make up an increasing proportion of the species each new generation. Helpful traits are selected for.

  10. Neptune - the eighth planet from the sun.

  11. Mercury - the smallest planet, closest to the sun.

  12. Mars - the fourth planet from the sun.

  13. Pluto - the ninth planet from the sun, furthest planet from the sun.

  14. Plutonians - people native of the planet Pluto.

  15. Saturn - the sixth planet from the sun.

  16. Species - a group of individuals grouped together because of common attributes.

  17. Technology - affected by or resulting from scientific and industrial progress.

  18. Temperature - the degree of heat or cold in a given body or environment.

  19. Uranus - the seventh planet from the sun.

  20. UFO - unidentified flying object.