Vocabulary

• going on: To continue doing something
• stave off: To keep something away; To repel
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• fill in: To put earth in e.g. a hole
• complete picture: A thorough and comprehensive understanding of a situation or event.
• check out
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• diversity: Having a range of different races, ideas etc.
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• extinction: When every example of animal, plant is dead
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• invasive: Entering the body, etc. in a destructive way
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• conserve: To save or protect something
• point: An item to be discussed
• citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
• metric: Based on the meter as a standard of measurement
• conservation: Protecting the environment or a species
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• simulate: To copy something or look or behave like it
• coral: Color that is a combination of pink and orange
• atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
• shuffle: To change the order of items/people in a group
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• picture: General situation or state of being
• reside: To live in; dwell; to be present
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• reef: Line of rocks or sand at the surface of the ocean
• back: Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
• makeup: Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• datum: Item of factual information
• doorstep: Wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway
• cane: To beat someone with a stick as punishment
• pollination: Putting pollen on a plant so it makes seeds
• fauna: All of the animals living in a certain area, time
• stave: Wooden post used in structures and buildings
• flora: Group of all plants that grow in a particular area
• acidification: The process of becoming or converting into an acid