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From the Ted Talk by Stephen Petranek: Your kids might live on Mars. Here's how they'll survive
Unscramble the Blue Letters
As the atmosphere gets tickher, everything gets better. We get more ptiteocron from radiation, more atmosphere makes us warmer, makes the planet weramr, so we get running water and that makes coprs possible. Then more water vapor goes into the air, forming yet another potent greenhouse gas. It will rain and it will snow on Mars. And a thicker atmosphere will create enough pressure so that we can throw away those space suits. We only need about five pounds of peursrse to survive. Eventually, Mars will be made to feel a lot like biitsrh Columbia.
Open Cloze
As the atmosphere gets _______, everything gets better. We get more __________ from radiation, more atmosphere makes us warmer, makes the planet ______, so we get running water and that makes _____ possible. Then more water vapor goes into the air, forming yet another potent greenhouse gas. It will rain and it will snow on Mars. And a thicker atmosphere will create enough pressure so that we can throw away those space suits. We only need about five pounds of ________ to survive. Eventually, Mars will be made to feel a lot like _______ Columbia.
Solution
- thicker
- pressure
- protection
- british
- crops
- warmer
Original Text
As the atmosphere gets thicker, everything gets better. We get more protection from radiation, more atmosphere makes us warmer, makes the planet warmer, so we get running water and that makes crops possible. Then more water vapor goes into the air, forming yet another potent greenhouse gas. It will rain and it will snow on Mars. And a thicker atmosphere will create enough pressure so that we can throw away those space suits. We only need about five pounds of pressure to survive. Eventually, Mars will be made to feel a lot like British Columbia.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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| human beings |
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| elon musk |
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| water ice |
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| south pole |
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| potent greenhouse |
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Important Words
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- british
- columbia
- create
- crops
- eventually
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- gas
- greenhouse
- lot
- mars
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- potent
- pounds
- pressure
- protection
- radiation
- rain
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- space
- suits
- survive
- thicker
- throw
- vapor
- warmer
- water