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From the Ted Talk by James Green: 3 moons and a planet that could have alien life

Unscramble the Blue Letters


As we move out into the solar system, here's the tiny moon Enceladus. This is not in what we call the traditional hatialbbe zone, this area around the sun. This is much further out. This object should be ice over a silicate core.

But what did we find? Cassini was there since 2006, and after a couple yares leokod back after it flew by Enceladus and surprised us all. eadlnecus is blasting stehes of water out into the solar system and sloshing back down onto the moon. What a fabulous environment. Cassini just a few months ago also flew through the plume, and it measured staiclie particles. Where does the silica come from? It must come from the oeacn floor. The tidal energy is generated by Saturn, pulling and squeezing this moon — is mntileg that ice, creating an ocean. But it's also doing that to the core.

Open Cloze


As we move out into the solar system, here's the tiny moon Enceladus. This is not in what we call the traditional _________ zone, this area around the sun. This is much further out. This object should be ice over a silicate core.

But what did we find? Cassini was there since 2006, and after a couple _____ ______ back after it flew by Enceladus and surprised us all. _________ is blasting ______ of water out into the solar system and sloshing back down onto the moon. What a fabulous environment. Cassini just a few months ago also flew through the plume, and it measured ________ particles. Where does the silica come from? It must come from the _____ floor. The tidal energy is generated by Saturn, pulling and squeezing this moon — is _______ that ice, creating an ocean. But it's also doing that to the core.

Solution


  1. sheets
  2. ocean
  3. years
  4. looked
  5. enceladus
  6. habitable
  7. melting
  8. silicate

Original Text


As we move out into the solar system, here's the tiny moon Enceladus. This is not in what we call the traditional habitable zone, this area around the sun. This is much further out. This object should be ice over a silicate core.

But what did we find? Cassini was there since 2006, and after a couple years looked back after it flew by Enceladus and surprised us all. Enceladus is blasting sheets of water out into the solar system and sloshing back down onto the moon. What a fabulous environment. Cassini just a few months ago also flew through the plume, and it measured silicate particles. Where does the silica come from? It must come from the ocean floor. The tidal energy is generated by Saturn, pulling and squeezing this moon — is melting that ice, creating an ocean. But it's also doing that to the core.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
liquid water 5
solar system 4
hydrothermal vents 4
traditional habitable 2
couple years 2


Important Words


  1. area
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  5. core
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  25. ocean
  26. particles
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  28. pulling
  29. saturn
  30. sheets
  31. silica
  32. silicate
  33. sloshing
  34. solar
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  36. sun
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  42. water
  43. years
  44. zone