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From the Ted Talk by Robert Ballard: The astonishing hidden world of the deep ocean

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And Lost City was cicrrehatzaed by these incredible limestone formations and upside down pools. Look at that. How do you do that? That's water udispe down. We went in underneath and tapped it, and we found that it had the pH of Drano. The pH of 11, and yet it had ctyoieemnsthhc bacteria living in it and at this extreme environment. And the hydrothermal vents were in an aidcic environment. All the way at the other end, in an alkaline ennvenoirmt, at a pH of 11, life existed. So life was much more creative than we had ever thought. Again, discovered by accident. Just two years ago wnirokg off Santorini, where people are sunning themselves on the beach, unbeknownst to them in the caldera nearby, we found phenomenal hydrothermal vent systems and more life systems. This was two mleis from where people go to sunbathe, and they were ovliobuis to the existence of this system. Again, you know, we stop at the water's edge.

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And Lost City was _____________ by these incredible limestone formations and upside down pools. Look at that. How do you do that? That's water ______ down. We went in underneath and tapped it, and we found that it had the pH of Drano. The pH of 11, and yet it had ______________ bacteria living in it and at this extreme environment. And the hydrothermal vents were in an ______ environment. All the way at the other end, in an alkaline ___________, at a pH of 11, life existed. So life was much more creative than we had ever thought. Again, discovered by accident. Just two years ago _______ off Santorini, where people are sunning themselves on the beach, unbeknownst to them in the caldera nearby, we found phenomenal hydrothermal vent systems and more life systems. This was two _____ from where people go to sunbathe, and they were _________ to the existence of this system. Again, you know, we stop at the water's edge.

Solution


  1. oblivious
  2. environment
  3. working
  4. miles
  5. characterized
  6. upside
  7. acidic
  8. chemosynthetic

Original Text


And Lost City was characterized by these incredible limestone formations and upside down pools. Look at that. How do you do that? That's water upside down. We went in underneath and tapped it, and we found that it had the pH of Drano. The pH of 11, and yet it had chemosynthetic bacteria living in it and at this extreme environment. And the hydrothermal vents were in an acidic environment. All the way at the other end, in an alkaline environment, at a pH of 11, life existed. So life was much more creative than we had ever thought. Again, discovered by accident. Just two years ago working off Santorini, where people are sunning themselves on the beach, unbeknownst to them in the caldera nearby, we found phenomenal hydrothermal vent systems and more life systems. This was two miles from where people go to sunbathe, and they were oblivious to the existence of this system. Again, you know, we stop at the water's edge.

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