Vocabulary

• around the world: In or to many countries.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• at least: As a minimum
• for instance: As an example.
• check out
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• creepy: Scary; annoying or unpleasant
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• dump: To end a romantic relationship
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• crust: Hard outer layer of something, e.g. the earth
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• efficient: Able to produce results without waste
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• click: To work well with someone or something
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• queue: Line of people or cars waiting for something
• noggin: A human head
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• frustrate: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• dioxide: An oxide containing two oxides per molecule
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• harmful: Likely to cause damage or injury
• ton: Unit of weight; 907 kilograms (US); 1016 (UK)
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• landfill: Burial of garbage, as to build up low-lying land
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• offset: To compensate for or counterbalance the effect of
• decompose: To cause (chemical) to separate into smaller parts
• disposal: Act of giving or throwing something away
• nitrogen: A colorless chemical element without a smell
• footprint: Mark left by a foot of an animal or human
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
• part: Division of a book
• mount: To attach something to something else
• burn: To destroy with fire
• lava: Very hot liquid rock flowing from a volcano
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• negatively: In a harmful, unwanted or unhelpful manner
• volcano: Mountain through which hot liquid earth can erupt
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• animator: The technician who produces animated cartoons
• eruption: Act of happening suddenly or begin doing
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• saint: Person who is very good, kind or patient
• bob: To move up and down repeatedly
• humanoid: Automaton that resembles a human being
• monoxide: Oxide with one atom of oxygen per molecule