Pre-Listening Vocabulary energized: feeling awake and ready to do something physical wardrobe: all of the clothing that you own serotonin: a chemical that affects ones moods melatonin: a hormone that helps you fall asleep endorphin: a hormone that ac...
Pre-Listening Vocabulary habitat: the place where living things live extinction: the state of no longer existing threatened: facing a possible risk of extinction 24/7: all day and night; at all times human intervention: the involvement of humans Habi...
Pre-Listening Vocabulary digraph: two letters that make a single sound (e.g., ph) successive: appearing one after the other dread: to think about with fear or worry loanword: a word from a foreign language that maintains its spelling and form in a ne...
Pre-Listening Vocabulary observation: something that you see cross section: a view of the inside of something after a cut has been made across it hold true: remain a fact or truth even in other situations ideal: suitable sap: fluid (sugar and mineral...
Pre-Listening Vocabulary significance: importance plague: a disease that spreads quickly depth: a measurement that expresses how deep something is slang: an informal word or phrase that may be disrespectful respectful: polite, morally acceptable Six...
Pre-Listening Vocabulary limit: the highest amount possible aid: something that helps you do something chunk: a group of similar things revise: to change or adapt The Limit of the Human Memory According to recent studies, the human mind has a memory...
Pre-Listening Vocabulary golden age: a period of wealth and advancement settlers: people who move to an undeveloped area and begin to live and work there surrender: to not fight reclaim: to take back something that was once yours New York City Was On...
Pre-Listening Vocabulary summer solstice: the longest day of the year; the onset of summer align: to form a line with something else horizon: the line where the sky and the earths surface meet coin: to come up with a name astrophysicist: a person who...
Pre-Listening Vocabulary mobile: moveable transport: to move developing country: a nation that is not yet well-developed wagon: a wooden vehicle with wheels that is propelled by animals or humans injured: physically hurt remote: located far away from...
Pre-Listening Vocabulary territory: the area owned by a certain nation European Union: an association of 28 nations in Europe that makes social and economic decisions together shoreline: the place where water meets land bordered by: to have something...
Pre-Listening Vocabulary binomial nomenclature: a two-part system for naming species (e.g., Panthera tigris) genus: a subdivision of a family of organisms (e.g., Panthera is the genus for tigers, lions and leopards, and a subdivision of the Felidae f...
Pre-Listening Vocabulary spice: a substance used for adding flavour to food pimento: an evergreen tree, named after the Spanish word meaning peppercorn cuisine: a type of food that originates from a certain region flavour: how something tastes Allspi...
Beer PowerA New Zealand brewery is experimenting with beer power, and has created a new product called Brewtoleum. This is a biofuel made of inactive yeast that is leftover during the brewing process. The slurry is sometimes sold to farmers to use in...
Frogs Were Used In Pregnancy Tests Between 1930-1950, African clawed frogs were in great demand. These frogs were imported all over the world and used in labs for pregnancy tests. Technicians injected a sample of a womans urine into a female frogs hi...
Ramparts Are Protective BarriersWhen you sing or listen to the Star Spangled Banner, do you understand the words? The national anthem of the United States of America was inspired by the Battle of Baltimore at Fort McHenry in 1814. The lyrics suggest...
