Vocabulary

• quiz question: A question asked in a quiz to test someone's knowledge.
• in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• on the brink of: Very near to experiencing something, usually something unpleasant.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• step to: To approach someone or something, often with a specific purpose.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• name for: To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• delicate: Easily broken or damaged
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• desperately: In a way that shows you don't have much hope
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• breed: Kind of / sort of
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• magnificent: Splendid; brilliant; extremely good
• womb: Place in a woman's body where a baby grows
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• extinction: When every example of animal, plant is dead
• quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• nurture: Care and support given to people as they develop
• proceed: To continue to do something; carry on
• brink: Near to happening; on the verge of
• important: Having power or authority
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• genetically: Caused or controlled, or by genes
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• liquid: (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• survival: Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• sperm: Cell produced by men and needed for reproduction
• procedure: A medical operation
• programme: A plan or schedule of events
• hybrid: Formed from combining different things
• embryo: Tiny plant stored inside a seed
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• nitrogen: A colorless chemical element without a smell
• edition: Form in which a book, magazine etc. is released
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• behaviour: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• implant: To put something into, an idea in someone's mind
• calf: Young cow
• placenta: Organ that supplies nutrients to fetus in the womb
• rhino: Large mammal with one or two horns on its nose
• granny: Grandmother
• rhinoceros: Large mammal with one or two horns on its nose
• ultrasound: Use of sound waves to therapy or diagnostics