G8 Gender in the Wild - Reading Comprehension

1. Young elephants grow up in extended ________ families.

• patriarchal

• matriarchal

1. In elephant societies, when a young elephant is orphaned, other females take over the (a)   mother's role.

1. Male elephants generally leave their mothers and form other groups with male elephants when they are (a)   years old.

1. A recent study at Etosha National Park in Namibia shows that male elephants often form (a)   , long-lasting friendships with other males.

Gelada males have little say in what the family does, and the females decide where and how long to ________ for food.

• graze

• move

• sleep

Young bachelor males live in separate groups and spend most of their time observing family groups and looking for opportunities to ________ the family males.

• observe

• chase away

• challenge

When a family male is replaced, he stays on in a kind of ________ role to protect his children.

• mother

• father

• grandmother

• grandfather

Hunter's study has generated new interest in geladas and will challenge primatologists to learn more about their (a)   behavior.

Just as human children often choose different toys, some monkeys in captivity have demonstrated (a)   -driven toy preferences.

A study in Kibale National Park in Uganda shows that female chimps played with sticks, mimicking (a)   behaviors.