Vocabulary

• symbol of: Something that represents or stands for something else, especially an object representing an abstract idea.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• on display: In a place where something can be seen by the public.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• have to: Must do
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• vulnerability: Being weak and able to be easily hurt or damaged
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• consistent: Agreeing with or being similar to another part
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• mature: Behaving like an adult
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• value: Importance you attach to something
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• institution: Organization created for a particular aim/purpose
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• century: Period of 100 years
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• ripple: Small gentle low wave on the surface of water, etc.
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• deforestation: Process of removing the trees from an area
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• attend: To take care of someone in need
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• great: Very good; better than before
• basin: A sink; a place in a bathroom to wash your face
• extraordinarily: Extremely
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• area: Amount of measured space
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• bloom: To flower; to produce flowers
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• blossom: Flower from a tree, often one appearing in spring
• greenhouse: Greenhouse gas that makes the Earth get warmer
• statistically: With respect to statistics
• tidal: Of the regular rise and fall of the sea level
• median: Being in the middle or average
• friendship: Feeling of liking someone; good relationship
• annually: Every year; once a year
• pollinate: (Of bees) to put pollen on plant so it makes seed
• mismatch: To not be the same as or as good as
• cherry: Small, round fruit with a red or black skin
• mall: Large public area often covered with grass