Vocabulary

• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• quiz question: A question asked in a quiz to test someone's knowledge.
• dispose of: To get rid of something, especially by throwing it away.
• made with: Containing a particular ingredient or material.
• in the open: Publicly; not secret.
• by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• such as: For example; like
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• initiative: Ability to come up with solutions by yourself
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• English: Language of the UK, USA, Nigeria and elsewhere
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• chemical: Basic substance produced by mixing elements
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• food: What people and animals eat to live
• landfill: Burial of garbage, as to build up low-lying land
• rubbish: To say someone's ideas/actions are no good
• laboratory: A place to do scientific experiments
• thin: Flowing with ease; with a high percentage of water
• sea: Very large group of people, similar-looking things