B2Upper Intermediate· 149 words

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remains of least explored places Earth, and less mapped than surface of . depth, sunlight disappears completely, and becomes crushingly and . centuries, scientists assumed almost nothing survive there. expeditions proved them wonderfully . Robotic submarines with powerful lights revealed creatures seem invented dreams: their own glow, worms feed boiling volcanic vents, and jellies as as . Many of these animals without sunlight, relying instead chemicals rising from seabed. Reaching them is extraordinarily and , and voyage fortune. Still, researchers hidden deserves protection we it, because we be losing we not even discovered, along with clues about life itself began.

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Comprehension questions

How does the writer compare the deep ocean to the Moon?
What did scientists once assume about the deep ocean?
How do many deep-sea animals survive without sunlight?
Why do researchers want to protect this world?

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