A dream sequence is considered as a brief interlude of a story, film, etc. It’s a technique that can be presented as a vision, dream or flashback. No matter which phase in traditional plot structure, dream sequence is helpful as it it will give clarity (normally cause-effect) on some missing aspects of a story or even a character’s history.
"Anything" is the compound. A compound word is like two words smushed together. Examples are "bed-room" or "book-store".
Humans can start using too many trees too fast for new ones to grow. Humans can also use too much plastic too fast for it to be recycled.