Vocabulary

• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• due to: Because of; owing to
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• vital for: Absolutely necessary or important; essential.
• for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• in the mood: Wanting to do something
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• atmosphere: Air around us
• whopping: (Informal) huge; very big
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• crust: Hard outer layer of something, e.g. the earth
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• fart: To break wind; to emit gas from the anus
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• due: When something is required or expected
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• vacuum: Space with absolutely no air in it
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• ever: At any time; at all times in the future
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fragment: Part that is broken off of something
• hydrogen: Lightest of all chemical elements
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• mount: To attach something to something else
• bay: Part of an ocean or lake partly surrounded by land
• trench: Long narrow hole dug in the ground
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• octopus: Sea creature with eight arms or tentacles
• stun: To greatly shock or surprise; totally amaze
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• vapour: Droplets of liquid spread thinly in air
• mama: A mother