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From the Ted Talk by Kenneth Lacovara: Hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe
Unscramble the Blue Letters
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Open Cloze
It wasn't until the turn of the 19th century that our blinders were _______, first, with the publication of James Hutton's "Theory of the Earth," in which he told us that the _____ reveals no _______ of a beginning and no prospect of an end; and then, with the printing of William Smith's map of Britain, the first country-scale geological map, giving us for the first time predictive insight into where certain types of _____ might _____. After that, you could say things like, "If we go over there, we should be in the Jurassic," or, "If we go up over that hill, we should find the Cretaceous."
Solution
- earth
- removed
- occur
- vestige
- rocks
Original Text
It wasn't until the turn of the 19th century that our blinders were removed, first, with the publication of James Hutton's "Theory of the Earth," in which he told us that the Earth reveals no vestige of a beginning and no prospect of an end; and then, with the printing of William Smith's map of Britain, the first country-scale geological map, giving us for the first time predictive insight into where certain types of rocks might occur. After that, you could say things like, "If we go over there, we should be in the Jurassic," or, "If we go up over that hill, we should find the Cretaceous."
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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long neck |
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fossil record |
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missouri river |
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