Vocabulary

• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• for instance: As an example.
• come after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• live up: To be as good as expected or promised.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• by contrast: Used to introduce an idea or situation that is very different from one you have just mentioned.
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
• instance: An example of something; case
• evolve: To develop certain features
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
• consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• metabolic: Concerning the body's metabolism
• account: An advantage
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• expire: To breathe out
• nutrition: Scientific study of the effects of foods on health
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• respond: To answer something or someone
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• organism: Living thing, often one that is small
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• longevity: Amount of time someone or something lives or lasts
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• degenerate: To become something worse or inferior; deteriorate
• atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• dysfunction: Failure to act as expected, as in a social context
• worm: Small thin tube-shaped animal without legs
• live: To be alive
• clam: Kind of shellfish
• regenerate: To form or create new things
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• tortoise: Slow moving animal with a hard protective shell