Academic Vocabulary 1
If you make sure something is clear, you do this.
What is "to clarify?"
This noun means the reason for doing something.
What is purpose?
We use this word to talk about something being there so you can choose it from the shelf in the store and buy it.
What is availability?
What is survival?
This verb means to use something again.
What is "to reuse?"
This verb means to show or explain by showing.
What is "to demonstrate?"
When you write about a topic that has two perspectives, your writing should be like this because it shows both sides of the topic.
What is "balanced?"
What is a necessity?
When you use machines to create products on a large scale, you are doing this.
What is "to manufacture?"
This verb means to use a product again, but often it means breaking it down and reshaping it.
What is "to recycle?"
When everyone in a group agrees about something, you have this.
What is "consensus?"
If you give a suggestion, advice, or a thumbs-up about something, you are giving this.
What is a recommendation?
We use this word to talk about all the steps of a product from its beginning to its end.
What is "life-cycle of a product?"
This word is a synonym for manufacture, but it doesn't have to be on a large scale.
What is "to produce?"
This verb means to fix something that is broken.
What is "to repair?"
People who make these are imitating the operation of a real-life process as it happens over time.
What is a "simulation?"
This word is a synonym for effect.
What is impact?
This verb means to eat something or to use it.
What is "to consume?"
We use this word when we are talking about the person who produces something.
What is the producer?
This noun is used to talk about the collection, transporting (moving from place to place), process and disposal of waste.
What is waste management?
If you show favour for one thing over another, you have this.
What is bias?
This word means to give up something to gain something else.
What is a trade-off?
We use this word when we talk about the customer who buys and uses products.
What is a consumer?
When we do something to make something become less, we do this.
What is "to reduce?"
Bonus question: Name the qualities of a good research question.
Can be answered in the amount of time given, is clearly stated, is complex enough to be developed into a good essay, and can be investigated with credible sources.