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From the Ted Talk by Louie Schwartzberg: Hidden miracles of the natural world

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We're giants, and we're unaware of things that are too small for us to see. The electron microscope fires electrons which creates imgaes which can mignfay things by as much as a million tiems. This is the egg of a butterfly. And there are unseen creatures liinvg all over your body, iinnlducg meits that spend their entire lives dwelling on your eyelashes, crawling over your skin at night. Can you guess what this is? Shark skin. A caterpillar's mouth. The eye of a fruit fly. An eggshell. A flea. A snail's tongue. We think we know most of the animal kingdom, but there may be miilonls of tiny species waiting to be discovered.

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We're giants, and we're unaware of things that are too small for us to see. The electron microscope fires electrons which creates ______ which can _______ things by as much as a million _____. This is the egg of a butterfly. And there are unseen creatures ______ all over your body, _________ _____ that spend their entire lives dwelling on your eyelashes, crawling over your skin at night. Can you guess what this is? Shark skin. A caterpillar's mouth. The eye of a fruit fly. An eggshell. A flea. A snail's tongue. We think we know most of the animal kingdom, but there may be ________ of tiny species waiting to be discovered.

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  1. images
  2. including
  3. mites
  4. times
  5. magnify
  6. living
  7. millions

Original Text


We're giants, and we're unaware of things that are too small for us to see. The electron microscope fires electrons which creates images which can magnify things by as much as a million times. This is the egg of a butterfly. And there are unseen creatures living all over your body, including mites that spend their entire lives dwelling on your eyelashes, crawling over your skin at night. Can you guess what this is? Shark skin. A caterpillar's mouth. The eye of a fruit fly. An eggshell. A flea. A snail's tongue. We think we know most of the animal kingdom, but there may be millions of tiny species waiting to be discovered.

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Important Words


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  31. mites
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  35. skin
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  42. unaware
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  44. waiting