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From the Ted Talk by Kristen Bell + Giant Ant: Where does all the carbon we release go?

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Where does all the carbon we release go? Carbon wkros in a natural cycle, present in all living things: in the soil, in the ocanes, in the atmosphere and in rocks deep underground. When plants and other living things die, much of their stored carbon makes its way back to the atmosphere until new pltnas grow and reabsorb the carbon.
But over millions of years, some of the carbon stored in ancient teres and sea life becomes rock and some becomes fossil fuels: coal, oil and natural gas. Natural events like volcanic eruptions release some of the carbon trapped in rock. And huamn activities, like burning fssiol fuels, also release some of that prehistoric cboran.

Open Cloze

Where does all the carbon we release go? Carbon _____ in a natural cycle, present in all living things: in the soil, in the ______, in the atmosphere and in rocks deep underground. When plants and other living things die, much of their stored carbon makes its way back to the atmosphere until new ______ grow and reabsorb the carbon.
But over millions of years, some of the carbon stored in ancient _____ and sea life becomes rock and some becomes fossil fuels: coal, oil and natural gas. Natural events like volcanic eruptions release some of the carbon trapped in rock. And _____ activities, like burning ______ fuels, also release some of that prehistoric ______.

Solution

  1. plants
  2. carbon
  3. fossil
  4. oceans
  5. works
  6. human
  7. trees

Original Text

Where does all the carbon we release go? Carbon works in a natural cycle, present in all living things: in the soil, in the oceans, in the atmosphere and in rocks deep underground. When plants and other living things die, much of their stored carbon makes its way back to the atmosphere until new plants grow and reabsorb the carbon.
But over millions of years, some of the carbon stored in ancient trees and sea life becomes rock and some becomes fossil fuels: coal, oil and natural gas. Natural events like volcanic eruptions release some of the carbon trapped in rock. And human activities, like burning fossil fuels, also release some of that prehistoric carbon.

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  16. human
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  31. soil
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  34. trees
  35. underground
  36. volcanic
  37. works
  38. years