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From the Ted Talk by Heidi M. Sosik: The discoveries awaiting us in the ocean's twilight zone

Unscramble the Blue Letters


These animals and their movements help connect the surface and deep ocean in important ways. The animals feed near the srucfae, they bring carbon in their food into the deep waters, where some of that carbon can stay behind and remain ielsatod from the atmosphere for hdrdnues or even thousands of yares. In this way, the migration may help keep carbon dioxide out of our apsomrethe and limit the effects of global warming on our climate.

But we still have many questions. We don't know which species are migrating, what they're fdinnig to eat, who is trying to eat them or how much carbon they are able to transport.

Open Cloze


These animals and their movements help connect the surface and deep ocean in important ways. The animals feed near the _______, they bring carbon in their food into the deep waters, where some of that carbon can stay behind and remain ________ from the atmosphere for ________ or even thousands of _____. In this way, the migration may help keep carbon dioxide out of our __________ and limit the effects of global warming on our climate.

But we still have many questions. We don't know which species are migrating, what they're _______ to eat, who is trying to eat them or how much carbon they are able to transport.

Solution


  1. surface
  2. years
  3. isolated
  4. atmosphere
  5. hundreds
  6. finding

Original Text


These animals and their movements help connect the surface and deep ocean in important ways. The animals feed near the surface, they bring carbon in their food into the deep waters, where some of that carbon can stay behind and remain isolated from the atmosphere for hundreds or even thousands of years. In this way, the migration may help keep carbon dioxide out of our atmosphere and limit the effects of global warming on our climate.

But we still have many questions. We don't know which species are migrating, what they're finding to eat, who is trying to eat them or how much carbon they are able to transport.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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top predators 2
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Important Words


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