Na m e : ___ _
Directions:Date:Write the correct phrase to finish the sentence so that it makes sense. Then
circle one word in each sentence that is a signal, introducing words that tell
an effect, or what happened.Be on the lookout for words that help you figure
out the effect.— as a result, hot, murky water shoots upward from the ocean floor.
— consequently, the vent begins to form.
— so scientists were extremely surprised to see this.
— when they discovered hydrothermal, or
hot-water vents.
— then it is super-heated.- Scientists were studying the ocean floor ___
___.
- Cold water leaks into deep cracks in the ocean floor and _____
___.
- Next, the cold water hits hot liquid rock, or magma, deep in the earth and ____
___.
- Super-heated water quickly rises to the top of the vent and ___
___.
- An oasis of sea life lives near the vents, where temperatures can reach 660º F, __
___.