Read the following passage about animal migration.
(Source: National Geographic)
Large migrations are some of nature's greatest spectacles. Wildebeest and zebra chase the rains through the Mara ecosystem every year, monarch butterflies trace a path from Mexico to Canada and back, and tiny songbirds fly nonstop for days at a time. And now scientists are starting to figure out how they know where to go, and when.
Some of these animals, they’ve found, have their migration pathways written into their genes. A songbird hatched in a laboratory, having seen nothing of the natural world, still attempts to begin migration at the right time of year and in the right cardinal direction.
But large mammals like bighorn sheep and moose are a different story. Wildlife researchers have long suspected that they require experience to migrate effectively, that their annual journeys are the result of learning from one another, not of genetic inheritance. A new study, published Thursday in the journal Science, suggests that those hunches may be correct—some animals must learn how to migrate.
The existence of collective information and knowledge, that can be passed from older animals to younger ones, is a form of “culture,” researchers explain. And when animals learn as a result of social interaction and the transfer of this information, that’s a type of cultural exchange—as opposed to genetic.
Fill each gap in the summary below with ONE word from the passage.
Scientists believe that ______ are responsible for some animal migrations. Songbirds, for example, do not need to learn when and in which ______ to migrate. On the other hand, bighorn sheep appear to ______ migration habits from the herd. They, and other mammals, seem to have a ______ that is passed from one generation to the next through interaction and exchange of ______.
Genes, direction, learn, culture, information.
Posted by: Nam | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 09:31
Genes direction experience culture information
Posted by: WMk | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 10:14
The same answer as @Nam
Posted by: Duc Anh | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 10:35
1) Rains
2) Directions
3) Learn
4) Information
5) Culture
So now how could i know the answers are correct or not
Posted by: laila | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 11:04
Genes. Direction. Experience. Culture. Information.
Posted by: Adzuki | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 11:04
genes, direction, learn, culture, information
Posted by: Quoc | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 11:16
Genes
Direction
Learn
Culture
Information
Posted by: Ivie Francisco | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 11:51
Genes
Where
Learn
Social interaction
Culture
Posted by: Roongrudee | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 12:41
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directions
learn
culture
information
Posted by: Pachu | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 12:42
direction
Posted by: Pachu | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 12:44
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direction
learn
culture
information
Posted by: Long Fa Collin Teo | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 12:56
Genes, path, learn, culture, information
Posted by: Karen | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 12:56
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direction
learn
culture
information
Posted by: jessica | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 13:13
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Posted by: Wang Jerry | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 13:16
I went through all above answers. Some wrote in small case while others did in Capital. Which way is correct ?
Posted by: paul | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 14:07
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direction
learn
culture
information
Posted by: jan | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 14:10
Genes
Direction
Learning
Knowledge
Culture
Posted by: CAT | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 15:21
Genes
Direction
Learn
Culture
Information
Posted by: Kelly | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 16:29
1.GENES
Some of these animals, they’ve found, have their migration pathways written into their genes.
2.DIRECTION
A songbird hatched in a laboratory, having seen nothing of the natural world, still attempts to begin migration at the right time of year and in the right cardinal direction.
3.LEARN/LEARNING
that their annual journeys are the result of learning from one another, not of genetic inheritance.
4.CULTURE
that can be passed from older animals to younger ones, is a form of “culture,”
5.INFORMATION
And when animals learn as a result of social interaction and the transfer of this information,
Posted by: Ameet | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 16:37
My answers:
1. Genes
2. Direction
3. Learn
4. Culture
5. Information
Thank you!
Posted by: Loc | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 17:28
Genes, direction, learn, culture, information
Posted by: Justine | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 21:11
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direction
learn
culture
information
Posted by: hang | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 22:46
Genes, direction, learn, culture, information
Posted by: Mình Dang | Monday, September 10, 2018 at 23:34
Hi sir,
Plz tell me how to make this cue card....i cannot understand..... Describe a time when you had some medicine....plz sir
Posted by: Ranjit | Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 02:00
Genes
Direction
Learn
culture
information
Posted by: sim | Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 02:03
My answers are:
1. genes
2. direction
3. learn
4. culture
5. information
Posted by: Luu | Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 03:33
1. genes
2. direction
3. learn
4. culture
5. information
Posted by: Thi | Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 04:42
1- Genes
2-Direction
3-Learn
4- Culture
5-Information
Posted by: Shadi | Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 06:12
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direction
learn
culture
information
Posted by: Raju | Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 07:15
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Posted by: Linh | Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 09:05
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pathways
inherit
knowledge
culture
Posted by: alireza | Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 10:42
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direction
learn
culture
information
Posted by: Daisy | Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 12:01
genes
direction
experience
transfer
culture
Posted by: Eli Cai | Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 12:31
CORRECT ANSWERS FROM SIMON:
genes
direction
learn
culture
information
Posted by: Simon | Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 12:53
genes
direction
learn
culture
information
Posted by: YOUKI | Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at 02:05
1.genes
2.direction
3.learn
4.information
5.culture
Posted by: Kathleen | Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 06:40
genes
direction
learn
form
culture
Posted by: Onur B | Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 18:38
1. genes
2. direction
3. learn
4. culture
5. information
Posted by: liz | Monday, September 17, 2018 at 03:45
1. genes
2. direction
3. learn
4. culture
5. information
Posted by: Binh Minh | Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 13:43
hi #simon sir.
I have a confusion in gap number 3.
actually we are supposed to fill the gap according to the passage. So can we just change the form of word or we should write the exact word what is given in the passage. why in the gap number 3 doesn't take "learning" instead of learn.
Posted by: fuad | Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 17:10
1-genes
2-direction
3-learn
4-knowledge
5-culture
Posted by: myousefi | Monday, October 01, 2018 at 16:36
WANT TO KNOW THE CORRECT ANSWERS ,PLEASE POST IN THE SECTION .
Posted by: RIZWAN | Saturday, October 06, 2018 at 21:33
Genes, direction, learn, culture, information
Posted by: Thao Nguye | Monday, October 08, 2018 at 15:34
Genes
Direction
experience
knowledge
Culture
Posted by: Cherry Ann Mirafuentes | Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 16:10
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direction
learn
information
culture
Posted by: Didier Drogba | Friday, October 19, 2018 at 12:50
Thanks Simon.
Posted by: Hoang Thi Cuc | Sunday, October 21, 2018 at 12:32
Genes
Direction
Learn
Culture
Information
Posted by: Gagan | Thursday, November 01, 2018 at 13:38
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direction
learn
knowledge
culture
Posted by: alper | Thursday, November 01, 2018 at 16:42
1. Hunch
2. Directions
3. Learn
4. Knowledge
5. Culture
Posted by: MVP | Monday, February 03, 2020 at 23:43