Vocabulary

• fit together: To combine or join parts properly or correctly.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• continental drift: The gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• rock on: An expression of encouragement or approval, especially in the context of music or performance.
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• dynamic: Always active or energetic; getting things done
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• continent: Very large piece of land, e.g. Africa or Asia
• notion: Sudden idea or desire to do something
• cozy: Comfortable, warm, pleasant, and often, small
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• crust: Hard outer layer of something, e.g. the earth
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• destructive: Causing a very large amount of damage
• drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• margin: Edge of an area
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• magnetic: Having the properties of a magnet; able to attract
• expedition: Long journey, often to a dangerous or new place
• static: Concerning electricity that collects on a surface
• antarctica: An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to , feet deep
• thermal: Item of warm clothing for cold weather use
• rotation: Regular change of the crops grown in a field
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• land: Region or country
• deep: Complex and important
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• mantle: History cloak without sleeves worn over clothes
• continuously: Without stops, breaks, or an end
• atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• ridge: Edge where two leaning surfaces meet
• rift: Opening made by splitting; a major disagreement
• snug: Warm and comfortable; cozy, as in a small room
• continental: Of or typical of the culture of mainland Europe
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• submerge: To sink or put below the surface
• jigsaw: Cut up picture on card that you fit back together
• delirious: Talking in a confused anxious way due to fever
• denser: Thicker and more difficult to see, get through
• magma: Hot liquid rock from the Earth's crust
• planetary: Concerning the orbital characteristics of a planet
• oceanic: Concerning the ocean
• convection: When gas/liquid moves up if warm and down if cold
• seafloor: Bottom of the sea