Ielts vocab 20 Flashcards

(40 cards)

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potential global destabilization

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Blanket of Antarctica

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Virtually uncharted

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A thick layer of sediment

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oxygen isotopes

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Lake Vostok

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Hydrothermal Vents

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distant

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any expedition

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Thermometers

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insulating blanket protecting the bedrock

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The Tremendous weight

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intense

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The Thickly blanketed

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seismic experiments

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bounces off whatever sits below

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surface as flat as a mirror

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surmised

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airborne survey

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microorganisms or pollutants

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tiny microbes

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hungriest organisms

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oligotrophic

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speculated

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spewing out
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Hydrothermal Geological Evidence
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A stream of nutrients seeping up
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The water is creeping from the west
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The lowermost layers of ice melt
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Liberating Trapped gases
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crushed-up rock
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organic compounds
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microorganisms
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fungi
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Algae
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Pollen grains
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Vostok ice core
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volcano erupted
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Drilled through the ice
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Marine Micro-organisms