Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• well preserved: Maintained in excellent condition; not allowed to decline in quality or appearance.
• in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
• within reach: Close enough to be grabbed or used.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• on the scene: Present at a location, especially where something has happened.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• break apart: To separate into pieces; disintegrate.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• in length: Relating to the measurement of something from end to end.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• on the order of: Approximately; about a certain amount or number.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• by doing that: Using that action or method.
• common ancestor: An ancestor that two or more species have in common and from which they both evolved.
• by accident: Without intending to; unintentionally.
• bring back: To cause to remember
• go away: To go on vacation
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• ancestor: A person from your family that lived in the past
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• crawl: To move very slowly or cautiously
• intact: Being complete, without damaged or missing parts
• phenomenal: Amazing; remarkable
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• variation: Something almost the same as another but different
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• gaze: Direction you are looking
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• habitat: Natural place where a plant or animal lives
• extinct: (Of animal, etc.) having died out; with none left
• temperature: When you your body heat is above normal
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• length: Distance from one end of a pool to the other
• deep: Complex and important
• cell: Smallest unit of living things in biology
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• discriminate: To distinguish the differences between things
• fungi: Taxonomic kingdom including yeast
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• land: Region or country
• migrate: To move from one country or place to live or work
• revive: To return to life, good health, strength etc.
• mosquito: Small flying insect which sucks blood
• quintessential: Being a model example of a specific thing
• differentiate: To see or show how things are not the same
• replica: An exact copy of something
• genome: Complete set of genetic material in an organism
• live: To be alive
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• resin: Sticky substance that is produced by some trees
• burial: Act or ceremony of burying, e.g. of the dead
• western: Movies often about cowboys in the American West
• long: Person's name
• artificially: Not naturally; made by people
• permafrost: Ground that is permanently frozen
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• amber: Hard, clear yellow dried resin from trees
• highly: In a manner that shows approval
• push: To move into enemy country with a military attack
• mammoth: Large extinct animal resembling a hairy elephant
• kin: People to whom a person is related
• glacial: Being extremely and especially cold
• woolly: Confused and vague; used especially of thinking
• overkill: To make an effort more than is necessary
• throughput: Amount of data passing through a system
• jig: Lively dance
• woodland: Land that is covered with trees and shrubs
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information