Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• rise up: To attempt to defeat government or ruler
• shout out: A public expression of greeting or praise.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• around the clock: All day and all night; continuously.
• in some places: In certain locations or areas, but not all.
• at least: As a minimum
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• local communities: Groups of people living in the same area or having particular characteristics in common.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• keep tabs on: To monitor closely; keep under surveillance.
• keystone species: A species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• check on: To check that things are OK, correct
• up top: In or at the highest position or location.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• care for: To want or desire a thing
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• predator: An animal that hunts and kills other animals
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• indicate: To show something; direct attention to; point out
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• feat: Impressive act showing courage or skill
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• hurricane: Very severe storm usually occurs near the ocean
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• monitor: To observe and keep a record of something
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• antarctica: An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to , feet deep
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• conservation: Protecting the environment or a species
• hatch: To be born or come out from an egg
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• simulate: To copy something or look or behave like it
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• pesticide: A chemical substance used to kill pests
• part: Division of a book
• rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
• apex: Highest point (of something); peak
• spacecraft: Vehicle capable of traveling to outer space
• engineering: The practical application of science to industry
• endanger: To bring a person/thing into a dangerous situation
• landfall: Seacoast first sighted on a voyage or flight
• coy: Withholding information that could be revealed
• falcon: Fast-flying hunting bird
• marker: Something that is easy to recognize or identify
• midwest: North central region of the United States
• marlin: Large long-jawed oceanic sport fish