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From the Ted Talk by Melissa Garren: The sea we've hardly seen

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One of my favorite examples is that they provide half of the ogyexn we breathe. In middle school, we all learn to thank the trees. And admittedly, they may be more huggable than the microbes. But it turns out that land plants only create a qtreuar of the oxygen we breathe. Another quarter comes from macroalgae like kelp and a full 50% from the microbes. Take a deep breath in. Thank the trees. Take another deep beatrh in. Thank the maloarcgae. Your next two beahtrs — tip your hats to the microbes.

This picture is of a bacterium that happens to be the single most abundant photosynthesizer on our planet. It's called, "Prochlorococcus," and this is oceans' oxygen-producing powerhouse and, I might argue, one of the most anaizmg discoveries of recent marine microbiology. We didn't know it existed until 1988. All of hamun history has depended on this little microbe for the oxygen they bartehe every day, no meattr where or when they lived. And we've only been aware of that relationship for a mere 24 years. I find that astounding. How many more critical rihnseatpolis are out there that we have yet to discover?

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One of my favorite examples is that they provide half of the ______ we breathe. In middle school, we all learn to thank the trees. And admittedly, they may be more huggable than the microbes. But it turns out that land plants only create a _______ of the oxygen we breathe. Another quarter comes from macroalgae like kelp and a full 50% from the microbes. Take a deep breath in. Thank the trees. Take another deep ______ in. Thank the __________. Your next two _______ — tip your hats to the microbes.

This picture is of a bacterium that happens to be the single most abundant photosynthesizer on our planet. It's called, "Prochlorococcus," and this is oceans' oxygen-producing powerhouse and, I might argue, one of the most _______ discoveries of recent marine microbiology. We didn't know it existed until 1988. All of _____ history has depended on this little microbe for the oxygen they _______ every day, no ______ where or when they lived. And we've only been aware of that relationship for a mere 24 years. I find that astounding. How many more critical _____________ are out there that we have yet to discover?

Solution


  1. human
  2. quarter
  3. breath
  4. breathe
  5. relationships
  6. amazing
  7. oxygen
  8. matter
  9. macroalgae
  10. breaths

Original Text


One of my favorite examples is that they provide half of the oxygen we breathe. In middle school, we all learn to thank the trees. And admittedly, they may be more huggable than the microbes. But it turns out that land plants only create a quarter of the oxygen we breathe. Another quarter comes from macroalgae like kelp and a full 50% from the microbes. Take a deep breath in. Thank the trees. Take another deep breath in. Thank the macroalgae. Your next two breaths — tip your hats to the microbes.

This picture is of a bacterium that happens to be the single most abundant photosynthesizer on our planet. It's called, "Prochlorococcus," and this is oceans' oxygen-producing powerhouse and, I might argue, one of the most amazing discoveries of recent marine microbiology. We didn't know it existed until 1988. All of human history has depended on this little microbe for the oxygen they breathe every day, no matter where or when they lived. And we've only been aware of that relationship for a mere 24 years. I find that astounding. How many more critical relationships are out there that we have yet to discover?

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