Vocabulary

• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
• courtesy of: Provided or permitted by (someone or something).
• nutrient: A chemical living things needs to be healthy
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• account: An advantage
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• footage: A certain amount of film or video of something
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• courtesy: Polite and respectful behavior
• marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• part: Division of a book
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• land: Region or country
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• department: Division of a larger part or organization
• health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
• ocean: Large body of salt water; a large sea
• garbage: Waste material that has been thrown out
• national: Concerning a nation as a whole
• wildlife: All wild animals
• dead: Not alive
• atmospheric: Concerning or located in the air around us
• runoff: A second election to find a winner
• recycle: To use old ideas or concepts again
• easy: Not hard to do; not difficult
• safety: Device on a gun to prevent accidental shooting
• clean: Completely; entirely
• oceanic: Concerning the ocean
• gov: Shortened form of 'government'; internet address