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From the Ted Talk by Chris Fisher: Let's scan the whole planet with LiDAR
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Like Notre Dame, we can't imagine how these rdecros will be used. But we know that they'll be clacrility important. The Earth Archive is the ultimate gift to future generations, because the truth be told, I won't live long enough to see its full iampct, and neither will you. That's exactly why it's worth doing. The Earth ahirvce is a bet on the future of humanity. It's a bet that together, collectively, as ploepe and as scientists, that we'll face the climate crisis and that we'll choose to do the right thing, not just for us today but to honor those who came before us and to pay it forward to future generations who will carry on our lgcaey.
Open Cloze
Like Notre Dame, we can't imagine how these _______ will be used. But we know that they'll be __________ important. The Earth Archive is the ultimate gift to future generations, because the truth be told, I won't live long enough to see its full ______, and neither will you. That's exactly why it's worth doing. The Earth _______ is a bet on the future of humanity. It's a bet that together, collectively, as ______ and as scientists, that we'll face the climate crisis and that we'll choose to do the right thing, not just for us today but to honor those who came before us and to pay it forward to future generations who will carry on our ______.
Solution
- impact
- legacy
- people
- critically
- archive
- records
Original Text
Like Notre Dame, we can't imagine how these records will be used. But we know that they'll be critically important. The Earth Archive is the ultimate gift to future generations, because the truth be told, I won't live long enough to see its full impact, and neither will you. That's exactly why it's worth doing. The Earth Archive is a bet on the future of humanity. It's a bet that together, collectively, as people and as scientists, that we'll face the climate crisis and that we'll choose to do the right thing, not just for us today but to honor those who came before us and to pay it forward to future generations who will carry on our legacy.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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| climate crisis |
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| building foundations |
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| lidar scan |
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| crisis threatens |
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| cultural patrimony |
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| graduate students |
2 |
| entire rest |
2 |
| ecological patrimony |
2 |
| earth archive |
2 |
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| climate crisis threatens |
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Important Words
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