Vocabulary

• live for: To consider something the most important thing in your life; to find purpose or great pleasure in something.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• at least: As a minimum
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• pass on: A polite way of saying 'to die'
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• go on: To continue doing something
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• in terms of
• got to: To arrive at some place
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• metabolism: Chemical processes to convert food to energy
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
• component: One of the parts that something is made up of
• accessible: Able to be entered, reached or used
• predator: An animal that hunts and kills other animals
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• metabolic: Concerning the body's metabolism
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• stem: Long thin central part of a plant, bearing leaves
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• favor: Support or approval from people
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• likelihood: Chance that something might happen
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• drought: Long period of dry weather
• mammal: Animal which drinks milk from its mother
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• wild: In a manner which lacks control
• devote: To dedicate
• explanation: Details or reasons given to make something clear
• maintenance: Keeping (a machine) working by checking and fixing
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• range: Cooking stove with multiple burners
• fitness: Good physical condition; being in shape
• demise: Concerning a death
• cell: Smallest unit of living things in biology
• immortal: Not subject to death; that will never die
• dissipate: To disappear over time
• infancy: Time of a person's life when he or she is a baby
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• forage: Plants that animals eat
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• apex: Highest point (of something); peak
• biologically: As regards life and living things
• live: To be alive
• age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
• long: Person's name
• care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• vertebrate: Having a backbone
• tortoise: Slow moving animal with a hard protective shell
• jellyfish: Soft-bodied sea animal, as with stinging tentacles
• shark: Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
• outlier: Something far away from the center of something
• freshwater: Water that is not salty
• grandpa: Your mother or father's father