Vocabulary

• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• at random
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• by chance: Accidentally; without planning.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• going on: To continue doing something
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• change over: To switch from one thing to another.
• run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
• on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• all the things: Everything; all items or aspects
• due to: Because of; owing to
• see red: To suddenly become very angry or outraged.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• common ancestor: An ancestor that two or more species have in common and from which they both evolved.
• have to: Must do
• by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
• darn good: Extremely good; excellent.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• speak of: To mention someone or something in conversation.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• distinct: Clearly different in nature from something else
• random: Chosen, done without a particular plan or pattern
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• mutation: Change that changes genetic structure
• evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
• virtually: In an almost complete or entire manner
• exploit: To selfishly take advantage of or treat badly
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• diversity: Having a range of different races, ideas etc.
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• huge: Very very large
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• compatible: Able to get on or be used well together
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• extinction: When every example of animal, plant is dead
• extinct: (Of animal, etc.) having died out; with none left
• adaptation: Music, movie or play, changed to a new form
• intermediate: Between; in the middle; moderate
• trajectory: The path followed by a flying object
• bloodstream: Blood flowing through the circulatory system
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• connotation: Idea associated with another one
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• cumulative: Getting larger slowly through more additions
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• nifty: Very good or useful; clever; effective
• porous: With many tiny holes so liquid, etc. passes through
• fin: Flat, thin body parts of a fish that help it swim
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information
• speciation: Evolution of a biological species