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Details Title: General/ISO Terms Description: Rendezvous with a Comet Total Flash Cards: 10 Created: 02/07/2008 11:58:39	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Milliliter (mL) Definition  -noun a unit of capacity equal to one thousandth of a liter, and equivalent to 0.033815 fluid ounce, or 0.061025 cubic inch. Term Hazardous Materials Definition -noun    perilthe substance or substances of which a dangerous thing is made or composed Term Debris Definition -noun the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble Term Meteoriod Definition -noun  any of the small bodies, often remnants of comets, traveling through space: when such a body enters the earth's atmosphere it is heated to luminosity and becomes a meteor. Term Meteor Shower Definition -noun A large number of meteors that appear together and seem to come from the same area in the sky. Term Calculating Estimates Definition verb- to find a reasanable guess using calculations and scientific facts Term Volume Definition -noun the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object Term Meteorite Definition -noun  a mass of stone or metal that has reached the earth from outer space; a fallen meteoroid. Term Meteor Definition -noun  A bright trail or streak that appears in the sky when a meteoroid is heated to incandescence by friction with the earth's atmosphere Term Definition