| Term | Definition |
| (n) microbes | life forms which can only be seen under a microscope. microorganisms |
| (adj.) antique | very old, ancient |
| (n) turbo charger | a blower used to supercharge an engine |
| (n) detour | alternate route (usu. a longer way) |
| (n) plutonium | radioactive metallic element |
| (v) mend | to repair |
| (n) shuttle | a vehicle, a form of transportation |
| (n) solar system | the sun and all the other objects in the sky held to it by gravity (8 planets, their moons, 3 dwarf planets, and billions of smaller bodies) |
| (n) meteor | the visible event when a meteroid enters the Earth's atmosphere (can also be small pieces of matter in the solar system) |