5. The Earth and Nature: Earth’s Properties, History, Structure, and Composition

(2) change or conform oneself to new or different conditions

(1), (2) Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. —Stephen Hawking, British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author (1942–)

Antithesis: “Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.” —H. G. Wells, American writer

Antithesis: “Unfortunately in the past, if you had a special need, you had to adapt to the machine.” —David Bear

Simile: “The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water molds itself to the pitcher.” —Chinese proverb

Vivid imagery: “Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.” —Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (AD 121–180)

(2) turn into lime

(3) become inflexible and unchanging

(3) “Rumors are the backbone of what Michael Taussig (1992) calls ‘the nervous system.’ (n2) In violent and dangerous situations the throng of rumors told over and over and over calcify into accepted representations of social reality and political life.” Glen A. Perice, “Rumors and Politics in Haiti,” Anthropological Quarterly 70, issue 1, January 1997, p. 1–10

(1) “CEO Michael G. Morris said AEP and its partners have advanced carbon capture technology more than any other power generator, but at this time it doesn’t make economic sense to continue.” —Ken Wells and Ben Elgin, “What’s Killing Carbon Capture,” Bloomberg BusinessWeek Magazine, 21 July 2011

(1) Archeologists can use a scientific test to identify the carbon date of many artifacts, such as bone, cloth, wood, and plant fibers, that were created in the relatively recent past by human activities.

(1) “Mr. Dodson said the plan ‘cherry stemmed’ many wilderness areas, drawing boundaries along existing roads so that it is possible to penetrate close to the center.” —Robert Reinhold, New York Times, 10 June 1988

(1) Many organisms naturally reproduce by making clones of themselves as a form of asexual reproduction.

Collocates to: animals, embryos, genetics, humans, ideas, mammals, pets, stem cells, twins

Collocates to: digital communications, complaints, flood, job applications, lawsuits, publicity, rain, résumés

(1) Organisms may disperse as spores, seeds, eggs, larvae, or adults.

(2) be widely known

Collocates to: animals, birds, capital, clouds, crowds, demonstrators, marchers, mobs, oil slicks, people, soldiers

(2) give off, send forth, or discharge

(3) express audibly

Collocates to: carbon dioxide, emissions, gases, gamma, glow, infrared, odor, particles, pollutants, radiation, rays, signals, sound, ultraviolet light, X-rays

(2) change or gain through experience

(2) Sandra evolved from an average code writer into a top programmer over years of hard work and study.

(3) work out a problem or issue

(2) pass away rapidly

(3) sew a seam by folding the edges

(2) produce buds or braches of an original

(1),(2) While some seeds will germinate for up to five or more years, most will germinate for only a year or two; seeds aged past these time limits that do germinate will not grow as much.

(2) change completely the nature or appearance of something or someone

(1), (2) Firms that are global businesses usually metamorphose from local to regional to national organizations before going global.

Collocates to: bad news, conflict, damage, danger, disruption, disaster, effect, harm, hazard, impact, loss, result, risk, threat, worst

(2) change shape and form in a computer animation

(1), (2) “A mixed approach is often the best. It’s good for buildings to be able to morph from one use to the other.” —Steven Harris

(2) make up for

(3) cause printed material to transfer or smear onto another surface

(2) become rigid and set in a conventional or traditional pattern

(1) “Rivers and tributaries, which splay out across the eastern and central U.S., are like a tree with many branches.” —Cameron McWhither, Wall Street Journal, 14 July 2012, p. A3

(2) turn outward or move out of position

(1) “Darwin and Captain Robert FitzRoy found mussel beds rotting ten feet above the waterline, indicating recent uplift.” —Richard Milner, “Seeing Corals with the Eye of Reason,” Natural History 118, issue 1, February 2009, p. 18–23

(2) fill with high spirits through encouragement and motivation