Vocab Wk 2

2. any of various trees, shrubs, or plants of the Far East, such as the Japanese quince or the camellia.
5. the degree of heat or cold of an object or an environment.
7. A piece of matter traveling through space. Upon entering a planet's atmosphere, a meteor can be seen as a bright streak in the sky and is called a meteorite or shooting star.
8. a feeling of sadness or depression.
10. a clover plant with leaves that have three parts. It is the national emblem of Ireland.
11. the sixth largest planet in the solar system and second in distance from the sun.
13. the fifth largest planet in our solar system and the third in distance from the sun.
14. the gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
15. the line where the earth and the sky appear to meet.
16. a bush that has bright yellow flowers along its long, thin branches.

1. slightly odd or amusing in a uniquely imaginative way; fanciful; quaint.
3. belt the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter.
4. the warming of the earth's surface that takes place when heat from the sun is held in by the earth's atmosphere.
6. the planet of the solar system that is nearest to the sun.
7. the seventh largest planet in the solar system and fourth in distance from the sun.
8. the earth's natural satellite.
9. of or having to do with the moon.
12. an elf in Irish folklore who knows about secret treasure.
17. the change in the height of the surface of oceans and other large bodies of water that happens about every twelve hours.