"Breaking Boundaries" vocabulary

very difficult to imagine or to understand; extremely surprising

• mind-booging

• mind-boging

• mind-boggling

• mind-blowing

to make or cause something to happen; an event or situation that causes something to start

• tiger

• digger

• intruder

• trigger

to become very successful, happy, or healthy; prosper; flourish

• thigh

• thrive

• through

• threshold

the variety of different types of plant and animal life in a particular region

• species

• variability

• biodiversity

• algae

all the plants and animals that live in a particular area together with the complex relationship that exists between them and their environment

• ecosystem

• biodiversity

• species

• variability

the geological epoch of a stable temperatures (plus-minus one degree Celsius) that has lasted from about 10,000 years ago until the present day

• the Anthropocene

• the Pleistocene

• the Holocene

during the whole of a period of time or an event

• thrive

• threshold

• due to

• throughout

a gas without colour or smell, produced when you breathe out or when substances containing carbon are burnt

• nitrogen

• carbon dioxide

• phosphorus

• coal

a level at which something happens; a limit at which an arrangement changes

• threshold

• thrash

• tipping point

• throughout

a decline to a worse condition, quality, or level

• extinction

• drought

• degradation

• pollen