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Episode 4 8/31/2022


Hydrogen

https://www.ducksters.com/science/chemistry/hydrogen.php


#characteristic

C-H-A-R-A-C-T-E-R-I-S-T-I-C

a feature or quality that typically belongs to a person, place, or thing and serves to identify

  1. Being shiny, flexible and electrically conductive are well known characteristics of metal.
  2. Crowded buildings and maze-like streets are characteristic of this district.


#flammable

F-L-A-M-M-A-B-L-E

easy to burn and catch fire.

  1. When airborne, colored corn starch and sawdust are both very flammable.
  2. Gasoline is extremely flammable, make sure to get rid of static electricity before you refuel the car.


#invisible

I-N-V-I-S-I-B-L-E

cannot be seen, not visible to the eye.

  1. Infrared light is invisible to human eyes, but snakes can see it and use it to hunt in the dark.
  2. The moon becomes invisible when it is shadowed by Earth.


#byproduct

B-Y-P-R-O-D-U-C-T

an incidental or secondary product made in the manufacture or synthesis of something else.

  1. When charcoal burns, a toxic byproduct called carbon monoxide is produced along with carbon dioxide and water.
  2. Illness is one of the byproducts of overcrowded housing.


#refine

R-E-F-I-N-E

remove impurities or unwanted elements from a substance, typically as part of an industrial process.

  1. During the process of refining crude oil, you can extract asphalt, diesel, gasoline, and a lot more useful substances.
  2. Please refine your thought process, and write them down in concise words.


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The Word Cache vocabulary learning series by Foxwell GroupBy Rainey Yeh, Mike Wu, Henry Song, Tirina Chen