Vocab. 1-3
occur
Occur means to happen.
employment
My sister found employment as a counselor.
transport
Transport means to carry from one place to another.
What experiences can change the way you see yourself and the world around you?
- Go through a new experience: You can learn about yourself and others when you experience something new.
- Visiting a new place: You can see new things. (change your perspective)
- Looking closely: You can see more details when you look closely at something.
- Locations: If you look at something far away, you can see how large it is.
nuisance
A nuisance is something that is annoying.
consume
Consume means to use up or destroy.
encourages
- Warm weather encourages plants to grow.
- The coach encourages me to keep practicing basketball.
venture
To venture is to dare to go somewhere.
How do shared experiences help people adapt to change?
- Help support each other. (talk to each other)
- People can work together to survive.
- Etc.
infected
Infected means sick or diseased.
suppress
When you suppress something, you stop it.
extinguished
Workers extinguished the fire with water.
composition
Composition is what something is made of.
What changes in the environment affect living things?
forest fires (small wildfires can benefit a forest, large fires can damage animal habitats and vegetation)
benefit
Benefit means to help.
facilities
Facilities are buildings that have a certain purpose.
originated
The beam of light originated in the lighthouse.
confronting
Confronting means facing or dealing with.
How do natural events and human activities affect the environment?
- The arrival of new species into the United States (plants and animals).
- Biofuels (using plants for fuel)
Originated means began, started.
depicted
Depicted means showed in a picture.
depicted
The girls depicted their faces in drawings.
forecast
A forecast is a prediction about a future event.
How can scientific knowledge change over time?
- Example:
geocentric (the sun orbited around the Earth)
heliocentric (the Earth orbited around the Sun)
overwhelm
If a group overwhelms a place, there are too many of them in that area.