Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• cradle to grave: From birth to death; encompassing an entire lifespan.
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• from cradle to grave: Covering someone’s entire life, from birth to death.
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• left and right: In both the left and right directions.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• for instance: As an example.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• per year: For each year; annually.
• add up to: To amount to a particular sum or total.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in terms of
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• down the drain: Wasted or lost completely.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• critical to: Extremely important or essential.
• farm: Land used for growing crops or raising animals
• milk: White liquid produced by females to feed babies
• animal: A living creature that is not a plant or person
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
• big: Popular
• graph: Image expressing numerical data in lines or shapes
• gas: Elements in our air, like oxygen or nitrogen
• cycle: Series of regular and repeated actions
• kilogram: 1000g
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• gate: Place in a fence which can be opened or closed
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• electricity: Energy generated positive and negative charges
• high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
• level: Specific height of something
• cycling: To go through a series of events repeatedly
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• product: Item that can be bought
• beef: Red meat from cows
• atmosphere: Air around us
• pork: Meat of a pig, used for food
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• total: Whole number or amount of something
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• environmental: Of the natural world of plants and animals
• primarily: In the most basic or important way
• amount: Quantity of something
• feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• ocean: Large body of salt water; a large sea
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• unit: One apartment in a building
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• agriculture: The science of farming
• production: Process of producing or growing food naturally
• footprint: Mark left by a foot of an animal or human
• assessment: Conclusion, opinion formed after due consideration
• dairy: Concerning or made from milk
• dioxide: An oxide containing two oxides per molecule
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• agricultural: Concerning farming, or the land
• management: People who are in control of a business or group
• supply: Availability of products and services for use
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• global: Concerning, involving, affecting all of something
• emission: A substance (e.g. gas) released into the air
• coal: Dark hard substance from the earth burnt as a fuel
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• sector: Part that a place is divided into
• comply: To obey; follow a rule, another's wishes etc.
• sow: To plant seeds in an area of ground
• evaluate: To form an idea to judge something carefully
• emit: To release or send out (a gas, etc.)
• emitter: Electrode in transistor where electrons originate
• fertilizer: Substance added to soil to help plants grow
• greenhouse: Greenhouse gas that makes the Earth get warmer
• manure: Animal waste put on soil to help plants grow
• methane: Colorless gas without smell often used as fuel
• gallon: Unit of liquid equal to 4 US quarts (3.785 liters)
• reservoir: A lake storing water for use by the community
• fermentation: Chemical change that produces alcohol in a liquid
• cradle: Small bed for a baby, with rockers and sides
• oxide: Compound from combining oxygen with a chemical
• metric: Based on the meter as a standard of measurement
• molecule: Two or more atoms chemically combined
• encompass: To encircle; cover completely
• microbial: Concerning, involving or caused by being microbes
• swine: A pig
• vapor: Tiny droplets or pieces of some substance spread thinly throughout the air
• united: To join or come together for the same goal