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From the Ted Talk by Penelope Boston: There might just be life on Mars

Unscramble the Blue Letters

So, back to Mars. How hard is it going to be to find life on Mars? Well, sometimes it's really very hard for us to find each other, even on this planet. So, finding life on another paenlt is a non-trivial occupation and we spend a lot of time trying to think about that. Whether or not you think it's likely to be successful sort of dndepes on what you think about the chances of life in the universe. I think, myself, that life is a nraatul outgrowth of the increasing complexification of metatr over time.

Open Cloze

So, back to Mars. How hard is it going to be to find life on Mars? Well, sometimes it's really very hard for us to find each other, even on this planet. So, finding life on another ______ is a non-trivial occupation and we spend a lot of time trying to think about that. Whether or not you think it's likely to be successful sort of _______ on what you think about the chances of life in the universe. I think, myself, that life is a _______ outgrowth of the increasing complexification of ______ over time.

Solution

  1. matter
  2. planet
  3. natural
  4. depends

Original Text

So, back to Mars. How hard is it going to be to find life on Mars? Well, sometimes it's really very hard for us to find each other, even on this planet. So, finding life on another planet is a non-trivial occupation and we spend a lot of time trying to think about that. Whether or not you think it's likely to be successful sort of depends on what you think about the chances of life in the universe. I think, myself, that life is a natural outgrowth of the increasing complexification of matter over time.

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