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From the Ted Talk by Barbara Block: Tagging tuna in the deep ocean

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I've been fascinated for a lifetime by the beauty, form and futiocnn of giant bluefin tuna. Bluefin are warmblooded like us. They're the largest of the tunas, the second-largest fish in the sea — bony fish. They actually are a fish that is emhinerodtc — powers through the oacen with warm muscles like a mammal. That's one of our bluefin at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. You can see in its shape and its searlnietmd digesn it's proweed for ocean smniimwg. It flies through the ocean on its pectoral fins, gets lift, powers its movements with a lunate tail. It's actually got a naked skin for most of its body, so it reduces friction with the water. This is what one of nature's finest machines.

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I've been fascinated for a lifetime by the beauty, form and ________ of giant bluefin tuna. Bluefin are warmblooded like us. They're the largest of the tunas, the second-largest fish in the sea — bony fish. They actually are a fish that is ___________ — powers through the _____ with warm muscles like a mammal. That's one of our bluefin at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. You can see in its shape and its ___________ ______ it's _______ for ocean ________. It flies through the ocean on its pectoral fins, gets lift, powers its movements with a lunate tail. It's actually got a naked skin for most of its body, so it reduces friction with the water. This is what one of nature's finest machines.

Solution


  1. ocean
  2. swimming
  3. design
  4. powered
  5. streamlined
  6. endothermic
  7. function

Original Text


I've been fascinated for a lifetime by the beauty, form and function of giant bluefin tuna. Bluefin are warmblooded like us. They're the largest of the tunas, the second-largest fish in the sea — bony fish. They actually are a fish that is endothermic — powers through the ocean with warm muscles like a mammal. That's one of our bluefin at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. You can see in its shape and its streamlined design it's powered for ocean swimming. It flies through the ocean on its pectoral fins, gets lift, powers its movements with a lunate tail. It's actually got a naked skin for most of its body, so it reduces friction with the water. This is what one of nature's finest machines.

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Important Words


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  30. powered
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  36. streamlined
  37. swimming
  38. tail
  39. tuna
  40. tunas
  41. warm
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  43. water