Vocabulary

• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• feed on: To eat a particular food.
• experienced in: Having skill or knowledge as a result of experience.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• have to: Must do
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• deprivation: State of lacking something needed
• metabolism: Chemical processes to convert food to energy
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• evolve: To develop certain features
• consistent: Agreeing with or being similar to another part
• harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• molecule: Two or more atoms chemically combined
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• peculiar: Not usual or normal; strange
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• dominant: The strongest; most powerful
• exclusively: For the use of only one person or group
• glucose: Natural type of sugar found in fruits and plants
• require: To demand that someone does something
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• rigid: Stiff rather than flexible
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• organ: Part of a person's body with a particular function
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• mammal: Animal which drinks milk from its mother
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• naked: Not wearing any clothes; without covering
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• buck: To resist or go against the trend
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• animation: The process of creating moving images using drawings, computer graphics, or other techniques.
• colony: Group (bees, etc.) that live in the same place
• scarce: Not many; Not plentiful or abundant
• regulation: Act of controlling something with rules or orders
• wild: In a manner which lacks control
• harvest: Gathering crops from the fields; the crops
• fructose: Simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• suit: To be appropriate for a given situation
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• scatter: To throw or move into various different directions
• suspend: To hang something or someone from something
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• cellular: Concerning a cell of a living thing
• depletion: Reducing the amount, strength or number of
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• voluntary: Done or given by their own will and not forced
• burn: To destroy with fire
• dispatch: To send (people or objects) somewhere
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion