RE2 - Unit 2B Reading Vocab Practice

Parrots and ​ (a)   learn to vocalize similarly: Both listen and then repeat back what they hear. Now scientists have found another ​ (b)   of their behavior that is similar. Parrots do not speak a single, ​ (c)   language; they speak in regional dialects. A team from New Mexico State University has studied the vocal ​ (d)   among Amazon parrots living in Costa Rica. All the birds use a specific call to communicate. However, the call varies by region. When one bird hears the local dialect of another, it changes its own call to match the new tune. Only a few animals have ​ (e)   to communicate in this way. “Learning how to sound like others is very important to parrots,” says researcher Timothy Wright. “When you sound like another, that means you are a member of their group.”​

• humans
• aspect
• standard
• exchanges
• evolved

Match the following

• it is correct.

• If you create something,

• it causes a change.

• If something is cultural,

• two or more things are joined together.

• If something has an impact,

• you make something new.

• If something is a combination,

• it's about a society's ideas and custom.

• If information is accurate,

Complete the chart below. Use a dictionary to help

Verb ---> Noun

........................... combination

Complete the chart below. Use a dictionary to help

Verb ---> Noun

create .....................

Complete the chart below. Use a dictionary to help

Verb ---> Noun

evolve .....................

To communicate, bees use a(n) _______ of body movements and chemical signals.

• combine

• combined

• combination

The development of language has played an important role in human _______ .

• evolve

• evolved

• evolving

• evolution

Like bees, ants can ______ chemicals called “pheromones.”

• combine

• combined

• combining

• combination

As a language _____, the meaning of certain words can change.

• evolve

• evolves

• evolved

• evolution