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 ________ mother's role.

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

1. A recent study at Etosha National Park in Namibia shows that male elephants often form ________, 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 ________ behavior.

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

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