Vocabulary

• capillary action: The ability of a liquid to flow in narrow spaces without the assistance of, or even in opposition to, external forces like gravity.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• on record: Formally and publicly stated
• live for: To consider something the most important thing in your life; to find purpose or great pleasure in something.
• beat out: To defeat someone in a competition or contest.
• in full effect: Fully operational or in complete force.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• obstacle: Object that blocks a path or course
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• hypothesis: A theory trying to explain something
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• afford: To make available, to provide
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• nutrient: A chemical living things needs to be healthy
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• aid: To help others and provide things
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• calcium: A substance important for making bones and teeth
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• dioxide: An oxide containing two oxides per molecule
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• evaporate: To pass off or away; to disappear
• formidable: Powerful; causing fear and deserving respect
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• capillary: Very small tube that carry blood in the body
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• potassium: A common, soft, silvery white metal with many uses
• adhesive: A substance used for gluing one thing to another
• photosynthesis: Process of plants using the sun to make their food
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• circulate: To go round continuously
• iron: Heavy metal device heated to smooth clothes
• trunk: Long nose of an elephant
• cap: Covering for the end or top of something
• sap: Foolish person who is easy to trick
• misty: Filled with fog or mist, so you can't see well
• hydraulic: Of a system operated by water or other liquids
• evaporation: Changing from a liquid into a gas, e.g. steam