Vocabulary

• more than once: On more than one occasion; repeatedly.
• back out: To say you will now not do something you promised
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• extended period: A long duration of time.
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• distinct: Clearly different in nature from something else
• atmosphere: Air around us
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• mature: Behaving like an adult
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• huge: Very very large
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• hemisphere: One half of a rounded, ball-like object
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• moisture: Small amount of wetness that can be felt
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• altitude: Height of something above sea level
• tilt: To change to a newly preferred idea or opinion
• tropical: Hot and humid; near to the equator
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
• circulation: Movement of blood through the body
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• formation: Process of creating; making a particular shape
• evaporate: To pass off or away; to disappear
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• draft: Withdrawal of money from the bank
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• exceed: To be greater in number, degree than something
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• rotation: Regular change of the crops grown in a field
• descend: To go down; to move from a higher to a lower place
• axis: A line about which a rotating body turns
• pathway: A path or way that you can walk
• cylinder: Tube shape with flat ends
• rotate: To regularly change people who perform a role
• cyclone: Strong wind, similar to a hurricane, tornado, etc.
• northern: In or toward the north
• latent: Existing but needing certain conditions to start
• condensation: Act of shortening something
• clockwise: In the same direction as a clock's hands
• vapour: Droplets of liquid spread thinly in air
• dissipation: Bad or immoral living, e.g. drinking
• typhoon: Tropical cyclone created over oceans