Wozzol

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  • Engels Nederlands
  • blog = blog
  • A blog is a type of diary that appears on a website.

    blog

  • bottom = bodem
  • When the submersible touched the bottom, it disturbed a fish.

    bodem

  • chimney = schoorsteen
  • The bottom of the sea is covered with “chimneys” up to 20 metres high.

    schoorsteen

  • crab = krab
  • Thousands of crabs, mussels and fish live around the “chimneys”.

    krab

  • crack = barst
  • Water goes slowly down through tiny cracks in the sea bed.

    barst

  • depth = diepte
  • The average depth of the sea is 3.86 kilometres.

    diepte

  • descend = afdalen
  • They set a world record by descending 183 metres below the surface of the ocean.

    afdalen

  • discovery = ontdekking
  • Hydrothermal vents are a recent discovery that we still don't know a lot about.

    ontdekking

  • disturb = verstoren
  • When the submersible touched the bottom it disturbed a fish.

    verstoren

  • evaporate = verdampen
  • Why doesn't the sea get saltier when millions of litres of water evaporate every day?

    verdampen

  • Greetings = groeten
  • Greetings from a research ship in the Azores.

    groeten

  • Hydrothermal vents = hydrothermale bron
  • Hydrothermal vents are a recent discovery that we still don't know a lot about.

    hydrothermale bron

  • Molten rock = gesmolten
  • Molten rock is rock that has become liquid because it is very hot.

    gesmolten

  • mussel = mossel
  • Thousands of crabs, mussels and fish live around the “chimneys”.

    mossel

  • Navy = marine
  • A two-man US Navy team dived to the deepest underwater point on Earth.

    marine

  • observer = toeschouwer
  • I am an observer – I am here to watch what happens.

    toeschouwer

  • peer = turen / staren
  • As I peered down I realised I was looking toward a world of life.

    turen / staren

  • rainbow = regenboog
  • They are yellow, red, orange, green, blue – you can see why they're called rainbow vents.

    regenboog

  • salt = zout
  • Why doesn't the sea get saltier when millions of litres of water evaporate every day?

    zout

  • sea bed = zeebodem
  • We're over 2,000 metres down now and near the sea bed.

    zeebodem

  • set a = een record vestigen
  • In 1930 Charles William Beebe and Otis Barton set a world record by descending 183 metres.

    een record vestigen

  • shrimp = garnaal
  • Thousands of shrimps, crabs, mussels and fish live around the “chimneys”.

    garnaal

  • spacious = ruim
  • The room is very spacious – it can hold up to fifty people.

    ruim

  • submersible = onderzeeër / duikboot
  • When the submersible touched the bottom it disturbed a fish.

    onderzeeër / duikboot

  • trench = trog / geul
  • A trench is a long narrow valley at the bottom of the sea.

    trog / geul

  • underwater = onderwater-
  • The Mariana Trench in the western Pacific is the deepest underwater place on Earth.

    onderwater-

  • unexpected = onverwacht
  • What a fantastic sight! It's so unexpected.

    onverwacht

  • while = terwijl
  • The women's team reached the finals, while the men's team were knocked out in the first round.

    terwijl