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From the Ted Talk by Elizabeth "Zibi" Turtle: What Saturn's most mysterious moon could teach us about the origins of life

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Technically an octocopter, Dragonfly is a mobile laboratory that can fly from place to place taking all of its siincfteic instruments with it. dlgrafnoy will investigate Titan in a truly unique way, studying details of its weather and geology, and even picking up samples from the scfruae to learn what they're made of. All told, Dragonfly will spend about three years exploring Titan, measuring its dlieetad chmsrteiy, observing the atmosphere and how it interacts with the surface, and even listening for etkahrueaqs, or technically titanquakes, in Titan's crust.

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Technically an octocopter, Dragonfly is a mobile laboratory that can fly from place to place taking all of its __________ instruments with it. _________ will investigate Titan in a truly unique way, studying details of its weather and geology, and even picking up samples from the _______ to learn what they're made of. All told, Dragonfly will spend about three years exploring Titan, measuring its ________ _________, observing the atmosphere and how it interacts with the surface, and even listening for ___________, or technically titanquakes, in Titan's crust.

Solution

  1. detailed
  2. dragonfly
  3. chemistry
  4. earthquakes
  5. surface
  6. scientific

Original Text

Technically an octocopter, Dragonfly is a mobile laboratory that can fly from place to place taking all of its scientific instruments with it. Dragonfly will investigate Titan in a truly unique way, studying details of its weather and geology, and even picking up samples from the surface to learn what they're made of. All told, Dragonfly will spend about three years exploring Titan, measuring its detailed chemistry, observing the atmosphere and how it interacts with the surface, and even listening for earthquakes, or technically titanquakes, in Titan's crust.

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