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absent
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not present, missing
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alarming
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shocking, scary
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appalling
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shocking, very upsetting
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asteroid
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a large rock in outer space
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auction
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a sale in which items are sold to the person who offers the most money
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brink
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the top edge of a cliff
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catastrophe
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a great disaster
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ceases
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stops an action
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climate
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the type of weather that a place has
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comet
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an object made of dust, gas, or ice that travels in outer space
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convert
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change
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descendants
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people or animals born into a certain family or group
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devise
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create, invent, think of
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died off
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died one after another
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displaced
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removed
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elaborate
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complex, detailed
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eliminated
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removed or gotten rid of
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estimate
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make a judgment about
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expect
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think something will happen
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exploitation
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using too much of something, usually in a greedy way
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extinct
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no longer in existence
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fossilized
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when a dead animal or plant was buried and became hard like a rock
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fungi
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living things that eat dead plants or animals and cannot survive apart from them
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glamorous
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seen as interesting and exciting
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greater
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larger
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ice ages
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periods of time when Earth was very cold and much of Earths water turned to ice
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identified
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named
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impact
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a hard hit
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individual
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one of a group
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keep close tabs on
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notice what something is doing
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mass extinction
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the death of all animals or plants in many species
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neglect
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a state of not giving enough attention to something
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non-native
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from somewhere else
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oblivion
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nothingness
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organisms
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living things
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progressing
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advancing, moving forward
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skeleton
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a bodys bones
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species
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groups of living things
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surviving
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staying alive
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teetering
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rocking back and forth in a dangerous way
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track
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follow the movement of something
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triggered
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caused
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wholesale destruction
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very bad damage that affects many things
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