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From the Ted Talk by Aomawa Shields: How we'll find life on other planets

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Take the planet Venus. It's named after the ramon goddess of love and beauty, because of its benign, ethereal appearance in the sky. But spacecraft mesmatnueres revealed a different story. The surface temperature is close to 900 degrees Fahrenheit, 500 Celsius. That's hot enough to melt lead. Its thcik atmosphere, not its distance from the sun, is the reason. It causes a greenhouse effect on sriotdes, tppnraig heat from the sun and scorching the planet's surface. The reality totally contradicted initial poctnreeips of this planet. From these lsensos from our own solar system, we've lreenad that a planet's atmosphere is crucial to its climate and potential to host life.

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Take the planet Venus. It's named after the _____ goddess of love and beauty, because of its benign, ethereal appearance in the sky. But spacecraft ____________ revealed a different story. The surface temperature is close to 900 degrees Fahrenheit, 500 Celsius. That's hot enough to melt lead. Its _____ atmosphere, not its distance from the sun, is the reason. It causes a greenhouse effect on ________, ________ heat from the sun and scorching the planet's surface. The reality totally contradicted initial ___________ of this planet. From these _______ from our own solar system, we've _______ that a planet's atmosphere is crucial to its climate and potential to host life.

Solution


  1. trapping
  2. roman
  3. perceptions
  4. steroids
  5. learned
  6. measurements
  7. thick
  8. lessons

Original Text


Take the planet Venus. It's named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty, because of its benign, ethereal appearance in the sky. But spacecraft measurements revealed a different story. The surface temperature is close to 900 degrees Fahrenheit, 500 Celsius. That's hot enough to melt lead. Its thick atmosphere, not its distance from the sun, is the reason. It causes a greenhouse effect on steroids, trapping heat from the sun and scorching the planet's surface. The reality totally contradicted initial perceptions of this planet. From these lessons from our own solar system, we've learned that a planet's atmosphere is crucial to its climate and potential to host life.

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