Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
• set off: To start a journey
• set out: To arrange something in an orderly fashion
• for instance: As an example.
• have a heart: Show mercy or compassion to someone.
• by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• metabolism: Chemical processes to convert food to energy
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• amount: Quantity of something
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• accountable: Be responsible to someone or for some activity
• filter: Device to remove certain types of light, sound
• tiny: Very, very small
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• section: A part of a whole
• account: An advantage
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• agriculture: The science of farming
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• theme: An main or dominant idea, motif
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• ingest: To eat, drink, or swallow something
• inhale: To breathe in something like air or smoke
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• leave: To go away from; depart
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• exhale: To breathe out the air or smoke in your lungs
• noggin: A human head
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• artery: Tubes that carry blood from the heart to the body
• tract: A system of body parts or organs that has a particular function (e.g., digestive tract).
• microscopic: Too small to be seen with the eyes
• warehouse: Large building for storing goods, e.g. grain
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• plaque: Sign on building as a reminder of an event/person
• limb: Leg, arm, branch or wing
• reliance: State of being dependent on something for help
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• gene: Part of cell controlling development of a thing
• marrow: A soft, fatty tissue inside bones
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• parasitic: Living on larger plant/animal and dependent on it
• reproduction: Act or process of producing a copy of something
• endocrine: Concerning or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions
• bone: Hard piece of your body that holds your muscles
• health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
• bottle: Container with a narrow neck used to hold liquids
• oxidative: Taking place in the presence of oxygen
• definitively: Clearly and leaving no further question
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information