Vocabulary

• die off: To decrease in number so few or none are left
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• live for: To consider something the most important thing in your life; to find purpose or great pleasure in something.
• food source: A place or thing from which food is obtained.
• in droves: In large numbers; in a large group.
• consists of: Is made up or composed of.
• as a whole: Considering everything together; in general.
• feed on: To eat a particular food.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• check out
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• constant: Happening frequently or without pause
• evolve: To develop certain features
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• fertile: (Of imagination, etc.) working strongly; productive
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• extinction: When every example of animal, plant is dead
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• equation: Mathematical statement showing things to be equal
• habitat: Natural place where a plant or animal lives
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• dialect: Way of speaking used by a group or in a region
• distant: Unfriendly; cold
• regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• disperse: To separate and spread out in different directions
• great: Very good; better than before
• spawn: Product or result of something
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• startling: So remarkably different or sudden as to shock
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• forage: Plants that animals eat
• live: To be alive
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
• menopause: Mid-life period when women's periods stop
• calf: Young cow
• socialize: To spend time with people; go out and make friends
• offshore: (Of tax avoidance schemes) not in your country
• decimate: to kill a large number of something, or to reduce something severely
• sire: Male parent of an animal
• grandmother: Your mother or father's mother