Today's Rocket Words: Your 5 words and meanings to learn

atmosphere

the gases surrounding the Earth or another planet

oxygen

a colourless, odourless reactive gas with the atomic number 8 which is used in respiration

composition

the number or amount of components which make up a larger whole

gas

a state of matter; gases will expand freely to fill a container and have no fixed shape or volume

nitrogen

a chemical element with the atomic number 7; it is a colourless, odourless, unreactive gas that forms about 78% of the Earth's atmosphere

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