Vocabulary

• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• curl up: To lie or sit with your legs bent close to your body.
• get trapped in: To become confined in a place and unable to escape.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• cope with: To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• metabolism: Chemical processes to convert food to energy
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• extreme: Very great in degree
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• continent: Very large piece of land, e.g. Africa or Asia
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• evolve: To develop certain features
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• diverse: Being varied or different from each other
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• tolerate: To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• require: To demand that someone does something
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• vacuum: Space with absolutely no air in it
• organism: Living thing, often one that is small
• withstand: To remain unaffected by something or someone
• radiation: Energy transmitted as rays, waves or particles
• speculation: Taking risks that might lead to big profits
• firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
• scarce: Not many; Not plentiful or abundant
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• chubby: Somewhat fat
• leave: To go away from; depart
• unfold: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
• prolong: To make continue for a longer amount of time
• patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
• antarctica: An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to , feet deep
• fill: To make something full
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• curl: To form something into a round or curved shape
• tolerant: Surviving under specific conditions
• extraterrestrial: Originating, located or occurring outside Earth
• stabilize: To make stable/consistent, with no major changes
• synthesize: To combine different things into a new form
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• safeguard: To protect and ensure the safety of
• moss: Soft green plant which grows on trees and stones
• hardy: Able to survive cold weather, hard times
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information