Vocabulary

• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• at first glance: Upon initial observation or assessment.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• beneath the surface: In or under the outer layer of something, often physically below.
• lap up
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• bizarre: Odd or strange
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• conventional: Following the common attitudes and practices
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• appearance: The way a person looks to others
• prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• mammal: Animal which drinks milk from its mother
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• fossil: Plant or animal that became rock after many years
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• century: Period of 100 years
• exceptional: Being extremely and unusually good
• lap: (Of water) to move in a gentle repeated motion
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• venom: Poison, e.g. one produced by plant or animal
• secrete: To hide something so it will not be seen or found
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• anomaly: Something different from what is expected
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• live: To be alive
• meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
• showcase: Cabinet to display objects or goods for sale
• reproduction: Act or process of producing a copy of something
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• plentiful: Existing in large amounts or numbers
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• close: Almost; near
• follow: To come after someone; be guided by someone
• platypus: Small Australian aquatic animal with a broad tail
• beaver: Small furry animal that builds things
• limitless: Without limits in extent, size or quantity
• otter: Aquatic, carnivorous mammal of the weasel family
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• tacit: Understood without being expressed directly