Vocabulary

• along with: In addition to; together with.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• critical to: Extremely important or essential.
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• metabolism: Chemical processes to convert food to energy
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• fluffy: Containing air and being light in weight
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• accommodate: To adapt or handle a situation, task
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• drastically: In a sudden, extreme or severe manner
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• sluggish: Slow; moving like a slug
• appearance: The way a person looks to others
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• grasp: Person's control over something
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• digestion: Process of changing eaten food for use in the body
• digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• digestive: Concerning processes of converting food to energy
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• organ: Part of a person's body with a particular function
• due: When something is required or expected
• nutrition: Scientific study of the effects of foods on health
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• extinction: When every example of animal, plant is dead
• fiber: Basic character and nature of a person
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• habitat: Natural place where a plant or animal lives
• groom: To make neat and smart in appearance
• cartilage: Strong flexible tissue connecting bones, joints
• fermentation: Chemical change that produces alcohol in a liquid
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• fur: Hairy coat of an animal
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• point: An item to be discussed
• conserve: To save or protect something
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• conservation: Protecting the environment or a species
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• fuse: Device connected to and making a bomb explode
• pad: Object that is thin, flat, and usually soft
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• forest: Large area with many trees
• forage: Plants that animals eat
• live: To be alive
• digit: Person's finger or toe
• koala: Small tree-living Australian grey animal
• teddy: A soft toy resembling a bear; teddy bear