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From the Ted Talk by Colin Averill: How to harness the ancient partnership between forests and fungi
Unscramble the Blue Letters
So we know ftsores play an essential role in regulating the Earth's climate. However, most of what we know about those forests is actually based on things we can measure aboveground. So historically, ecgtoolsis like myself would come to this palce, and we’d count the number of tree smtes we’d find. We’d identify which species they are, and today we’d probably remotely sense features of this forest canopy from space. And all of this absolutely makes sense. Aboveground is where photosynthesis happens. Photosynthesis is how carbon and energy enter forests. Photosynthesis is how teers can remove carbon dioxide from the amrpseohte.
Open Cloze
So we know _______ play an essential role in regulating the Earth's climate. However, most of what we know about those forests is actually based on things we can measure aboveground. So historically, __________ like myself would come to this _____, and we’d count the number of tree _____ we’d find. We’d identify which species they are, and today we’d probably remotely sense features of this forest canopy from space. And all of this absolutely makes sense. Aboveground is where photosynthesis happens. Photosynthesis is how carbon and energy enter forests. Photosynthesis is how _____ can remove carbon dioxide from the __________.
Solution
- atmosphere
- forests
- ecologists
- trees
- place
- stems
Original Text
So we know forests play an essential role in regulating the Earth's climate. However, most of what we know about those forests is actually based on things we can measure aboveground. So historically, ecologists like myself would come to this place, and we’d count the number of tree stems we’d find. We’d identify which species they are, and today we’d probably remotely sense features of this forest canopy from space. And all of this absolutely makes sense. Aboveground is where photosynthesis happens. Photosynthesis is how carbon and energy enter forests. Photosynthesis is how trees can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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