WorksheetsTAKEOFF B - Unit 11C (Text Pg 63)
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 13mins
According to Irene Pepperberg, Harvard graduate, how do you know an animal is thinking?
You observe it.
You ask it.
You read about it.
You never know.
When did Irene Pepperberg decide to teach an animal - a parrot - to speak English?
In 1977.
In 2010.
She never decided it.
Why did Irene Pepperberg allowed the pet store assistant to choose Alex, the parrot, when she bought it?
Because she didn't want the other animals to be jealous.
Because she didn't want the other scientists to say she had chosen a clever bird.
Because she usually struggles to make choices.
Because the assistant insisted on chosing it.
How big was Alex's - the parrot - brain?
Bigger than a bean.
The size of a small grape.
Smallers than a pea.
The size of a walnut.
What did Alex, the parrot, learn?
To imitate sounds of other animals.
To imitate almost 100 English words.
To count from one to a hundred.
To sing around 10 English songs.
During one demonstration, which objects could Alex - the bird - differentiate concerning their shape and colour?
a book and a pencil
a tablet and a mobile phone
a key and a cup
a chair and a desk
Alex, the one-year-old African grey parrot, even made up a new word: BANERRY. It's a combination of his favourite fruits. Which ones?
Banana and strawberry
Banana and cherry
Banana and blueberry
None of the above
"Cognitive skills, such as the ability to understand the concepts of SAME and DIFFERENT, are rare in the animal world".
TRUE
FALSE
"They need to be able to distinguish colours to know when a fruit is RIPE or UNRIPE."
What does it mean?
poisonous
spoiled
grown and mature
not healthy
"They need to categorize things - what's EDIBLE, what isn't."
What does it stand for?
eatable
dangerous
poisonous
"And it helps to have a concept of numbers if you need to keep track of you FLOCK."
What's the meaning of this word?
the amount of animals one is able to eat daily
how many offspring (prole) was born
cardinal numbers that indicate where they are and where they should go
a group of animals together
Neither Alex, the African grey parrot, could express feelings, not he was aware of them.
TRUE
FALSE
What would Alex say when he had had enough of the tests?
I'm sorry!
Wanna go back!
Talk clearly!
