Vocabulary

• around the world: In or to many countries.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• piece together: To assemble or put together from fragments or parts.
• shake up: To completely rethink or reorganize something
• track down: To find out where someone is; hunt; chase
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• have on: To be wearing something.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• check out
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• for days: For a long period of time; lasting several days.
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• rate as: To consider someone or something to be of a particular quality or standard.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
• chunk: A large bit of something; thick lump
• clue: Information that helps explain something; hint
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• shatter: To break into small pieces
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• colossal: Being extremely large in size or amount
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• piece: A counter in a board game
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• fill: To make something full
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• tsunami: Huge sea wave often caused by an earthquake
• simulate: To copy something or look or behave like it
• simulation: A copying method to study the real world
• vibration: Shaking motion
• seismic: Of earthquakes
• datum: Item of factual information
• landslide: Slide of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
• tidal: Of the regular rise and fall of the sea level
• earthquake: Heavy shaking of the ground due to natural forces
• geological: Concerning studies of the Earth's rocks and soil
• cubic: Measurement of the length, width, and height
• fjord: Long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs
• shoreline: Boundary line between land and water
• postcard: Card for sending messages by post