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From the Ted Talk by Miho Janvier: Lessons from a solar storm chaser
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Luckily, here on Earth, we are protected by our planet's nutaral shield, a magnetic bblbue that we call the magnetosphere and that you can see here on the right side. Nonetheless, solar storms can still be responsible for disrupting satellite tlmieacicmoutnneos and operations, for disrupting navigation systems, such as GPS, as well as electric power transmission. All of these are technologies on which us hmauns rely more and more. I mean, imagine if you woke up tomorrow without a wirnokg cell phone — no internet on it, which means no social media. I mean, to me that would be wosre than the zombie apocalypse.
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Luckily, here on Earth, we are protected by our planet's _______ shield, a magnetic ______ that we call the magnetosphere and that you can see here on the right side. Nonetheless, solar storms can still be responsible for disrupting satellite __________________ and operations, for disrupting navigation systems, such as GPS, as well as electric power transmission. All of these are technologies on which us ______ rely more and more. I mean, imagine if you woke up tomorrow without a _______ cell phone — no internet on it, which means no social media. I mean, to me that would be _____ than the zombie apocalypse.
Solution
- working
- humans
- telecommunications
- natural
- worse
- bubble
Original Text
Luckily, here on Earth, we are protected by our planet's natural shield, a magnetic bubble that we call the magnetosphere and that you can see here on the right side. Nonetheless, solar storms can still be responsible for disrupting satellite telecommunications and operations, for disrupting navigation systems, such as GPS, as well as electric power transmission. All of these are technologies on which us humans rely more and more. I mean, imagine if you woke up tomorrow without a working cell phone — no internet on it, which means no social media. I mean, to me that would be worse than the zombie apocalypse.
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