This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Dec. 18, 2014.
Let’s do a practice round!
Astral means:
A) Related to the stars
B) Found underground
C) Brightly colored
D) Related by birth
Vocab Practice: Astral
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Cool Word Challenge: Rapscallion and Astral
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Cool Word Challenge: Just for fun, come up with one sentence that uses both of the cool vocabulary words that you learned this week.
Here are the words again:
Rapscallion: A rascal; a mischievous person.
Astral: Of, connected with, or resembling the stars.
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An Astounding Astral Fact…
December 18, 2014 by
Here’s an interesting fact to ponder: About 99% of the human body is made up of oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus.
These so-called “elements of life” were created inside stars and then released into space as the stars reached the end of their lifetimes, according to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
This astral (see definition and hear pronunciation below) material, or “stardust,” was then absorbed into our planet and ourselves.
So, as Tyson says, “…we are a part of this universe, we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.”
Cool word vocabulary question of the day: Can you come up with any other interesting astral trivia?
Astral: Of, connected with, or resembling the stars.
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