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Unit 6 Navigate, In control

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  • a place where one road, track etc joins another
    junction
  • to go past a moving vehicle or person because you are going faster than them and want to get in front of them
    overtake
  • to put a car or other vehicle in a particular place for a period of time
    to park
  • when buildings are damaged by some extreme weather conditions
    destroyed housing
  • a piece of equipment that makes a vehicle go more slowly or stop
    brake
  • the vehicles moving along a road or street
    traffic
  • a set of red, yellow, and green lights that control traffic
    traffic lights
  • a situation in which there is not enough water that people need
    water shortage
  • having a wound or damage to part of your body
    be injured
  • when a vehicle is controlled by equipment in the vehicle, rather than by a human driver
    driverless
  • a long period of dry weather when there is not enough water for plants and animals to live
    drought
  • a thick rubber ring that fits around the wheel of a car, bicycle etc
    tyre Am tire
  • an event in which a car, train, plane, etc is damaged and often someone is hurt
    accident
  • the amount of rain that falls on an area in a particular period of time
    decrease/increase in rainfall
  • the quality of being fast
    at speed
  • one of the two or three parallel areas on a road which are divided by painted lines to keep traffic apart
    lane
  • uncontrolled flames, light, and heat that destroy and damage things
    fire(s)
  • a period of unusually hot weather, especially one that continues for a long time
    heat wave
  • a period of very bad weather when there is a lot of rain and strong winds, and often lightning
    tropical storm
  • a very large amount of water that covers an area that is usually dry
    flood
  • a general increase in world temperatures caused by increased amounts of carbon dioxide around the Earth
    global warming
  • a very wide road for travelling fast over long distances, especially between cities
    motorway/highway
  • a long line of vehicles on a road that cannot move or can only move very slowly
    traffic jam
  • a sudden fall of a lot of earth or rocks down a hill, cliff etc
    landslide
  • a permanent change in the Earth’s weather conditions
    climate change
  • a wheel that you turn to control the direction of a car
    steering wheel
  • it can be made by burning, dumping into water, or application of chemicals.
    crop damage