Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• carry out
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• turn on
• make up: To invent or create a story
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• 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.
• genetic information: Hereditary information encoded in the genetic material (DNA or RNA) of an organism.
• except that: But; with the exception that.
• all the things: Everything; all items or aspects
• incredibly important: Extremely significant or crucial.
• vital for: Absolutely necessary or important; essential.
• have to: Must do
• float away: To drift or move gently away on water or in the air.
• put up with: To suffer (a difficult thing) without complaining
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
• in unison: Together; at the same time; in a way that shows complete agreement
• name for: To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
• in parallel: Done at the same time; simultaneously.
• in conjunction with: Together with; along with
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• at least: As a minimum
• a couple hundred: Approximately two hundred.
• going on: To continue doing something
• bells and whistles: Attractive but often nonessential features; ornamentation.
• finish with: To end a relationship
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• beef up: To be made stronger and stronger
• alternative energy: Energy generated from natural resources, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable.
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• talk: Style of speaking
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• live: To be alive
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• red: Being the color of blood
• animal: A living creature that is not a plant or person
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• body: The physical structure of a person or animal.
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• important: Having power or authority
• small: Little in size; not big
• picture: General situation or state of being
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• collective: Business owned or controlled by its workers
• biology: The study of living things
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• chemistry: The study of the structure of substances
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• pink: Color made by mixing red and white
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• Double: Person that is exactly like someone else
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• ocean: Large body of salt water; a large sea
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• sand: Area composed of tiny pieces of rock near an ocean
• percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
• vote: To make a choice for or against, as in an election
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• figured: To appear in a game, play or event
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• amount: Quantity of something
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• discover: To find something new that was not known before
• cell: Smallest unit of living things in biology
• chemical: Basic substance produced by mixing elements
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• resistant: Not affected by something
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• moonlight: To work at a second job (often late at night)
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• bacterium: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• bacterial: Concerning or caused by bacteria
• primitive: Lacking a written language and advanced technology
• initiate: To cause something to begin
• depict: To represent or describe something using words
• molecule: Two or more atoms chemically combined
• squid: Sea creature with ten arms, and a long thin body
• receptor: A nerve ending that changes stimuli into impulses
• molecular: About or caused by molecules
• enzyme: A protein made by cells
• generic: Concerning a product without a brand name
• demographic: Group of people with similar characteristics
• shutter: Part of a camera that opens to allow in light
• dilute: To make something weaker or less efficient
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• extracellular: Located or occurring outside a cell or cells