Vocabulary

• due to: Because of; owing to
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• talk on: To talk at length about a particular subject.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• energy sources: Materials or processes that can produce energy.
• even out: To become level or uniform.
• compared with: In relation to
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• at present: Currently; now
• under construction
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• initiative: Ability to come up with solutions by yourself
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• initial: First letter of your given name
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• mature: Behaving like an adult
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• due: When something is required or expected
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• drought: Long period of dry weather
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• expansion: Making or becoming larger
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• pose: To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
• cooperation: Working together to get something done
• renewable: Being able to be replaced naturally
• reservoir: A lake storing water for use by the community
• deputy: Assistant to a leader who acts on his, her behalf
• hydraulic: Of a system operated by water or other liquids
• ping: To make a high sharp sound, as bullet hitting rock
• kilowatt: Unit of electrical power; 1000 watts, 1000