Vocabulary

• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• grow on: To cause someone to begin to like
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• cell: Smallest unit of living things in biology
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• organism: Living thing, often one that is small