Meerkat Study Ielts: Reading Answers

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The "Meerkat Study" is a popular passage used in IELTS Reading practice, often appearing in academic-style tests. This passage typically focuses on the social behavior, survival strategies, and "sentinel" duties of meerkats in the Kalahari Desert. meerkat study ielts reading answers

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| Question | Answer | Explanation | |----------|--------|-------------| | 1 | | Paragraph B: “different frequencies for aerial versus terrestrial threats” → warns against both. | | 2 | False | Paragraph C: “tracked 14 mobs” → more than ten. | | 3 | False | Paragraph D: “subordinates began reproducing within weeks” → they can breed if alpha removed. | | 4 | True | Paragraph E: “smaller mobs had higher juvenile mortality (57% vs. 22% in large mobs)”. | | 5 | True | Paragraph F: “benefits … consistently outweigh costs, as modelled by Hamilton’s rule (rB > C)”. | | 6 | G | “informs organisational psychology … corporate risk management strategies” → business practices. | | 7 | C | “teaching, once considered uniquely human, occurs in meerkats … ‘scaffolding’ behaviour”. | | 8 | D | “elevated stress cortisol, which suppresses ovulation”. | | 9 | E | “correlates with rainfall variability … smaller mobs had higher juvenile mortality”. | | 10 | inclusive fitness | Paragraph B: “inclusive fitness theory resolves this paradox”. | | 11 | scaffolding | Paragraph C: “This ‘scaffolding’ behaviour increased pup survival”. | | 12 | body mass | Paragraph F: “reduces helper body mass by 12%”. | | 13 | terrestrial alarms | Paragraph G: “broadcasting terrestrial alarms deters meerkats from crossing roads”. | Interactive Evidence Mapper A unique and effective feature

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