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Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow by choosing the correct/most appropriate options:
In present times, 'home' has become our world. But home is equally important to our fellow species. A common factor between millions of birds, animals, insects and invertebrates on Earth- our shared home- is having a homestead. A home provides a sheltering base for our families enabling us to grow towards new possibilities. Similarly, their homes- nests high in trees, burrows deep underground, silken webs shimmering in sunlight, holes holding one's young hungry for a bite - mean the same to all spices.
This explains the great efforts animals and birds make to construct their homes, flying miles to find twigs, interlocking branches to make platforms, digging underwater chambers. Such homes are crucial for ecologies. Consider the green-backed, firecrown hummingbird of Chile- it builds a 'living nest' using moss species which cannot disperse their spores. The hummingbird selects these species to construct a bright green nest, helping land-based plants to proliferate. The little birds generosity is rewarded by nature - these mosses have chemical properties that protect nests from vectors carrying disease.
In addition to ecological insight, nature's home builders show architectural beauty. The weaver bird constructs a nest of interlaced fibers and fronds, its hanging palace containing chambers, doorways and corridors. A spider's web looks ephemeral in its delicacy, but experts emphasise, these are constructions of incredible geometry frames and radii at perfect angles, physics providing precise tension, built with spiders silk, a marvel of biology.
Importantly nature's architects remind us that our homes protect our dear ones. And enable the young to begin their adventures of life. But human activity is disrupting this marvellous sphere. Deforestation, pollution and urbanisation are eating into the environment animals and birds need to build their homes.
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow by choosing the correct/most appropriate options:
In present times, 'home' has become our world. But home is equally important to our fellow species. A common factor between millions of birds, animals, insects and invertebrates on Earth- our shared home- is having a homestead. A home provides a sheltering base for our families enabling us to grow towards new possibilities. Similarly, their homes- nests high in trees, burrows deep underground, silken webs shimmering in sunlight, holes holding one's young hungry for a bite - mean the same to all spices.
This explains the great efforts animals and birds make to construct their homes, flying miles to find twigs, interlocking branches to make platforms, digging underwater chambers. Such homes are crucial for ecologies. Consider the green-backed, firecrown hummingbird of Chile- it builds a 'living nest' using moss species which cannot disperse their spores. The hummingbird selects these species to construct a bright green nest, helping land-based plants to proliferate. The little birds generosity is rewarded by nature - these mosses have chemical properties that protect nests from vectors carrying disease.
In addition to ecological insight, nature's home builders show architectural beauty. The weaver bird constructs a nest of interlaced fibers and fronds, its hanging palace containing chambers, doorways and corridors. A spider's web looks ephemeral in its delicacy, but experts emphasise, these are constructions of incredible geometry frames and radii at perfect angles, physics providing precise tension, built with spiders silk, a marvel of biology.
Importantly nature's architects remind us that our homes protect our dear ones. And enable the young to begin their adventures of life. But human activity is disrupting this marvellous sphere. Deforestation, pollution and urbanisation are eating into the environment animals and birds need to build their homes.
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