Expression of IdeasMediumEmphasising the scale of a migration
Expression of Ideas practice question
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- Arctic terns breed in the Arctic during the northern summer.
- They fly to the Antarctic for the southern summer.
- The round trip can exceed 70,000 kilometres.
- A tern may live 30 years.
The student wants to emphasise how far the tern travels.
Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- A. Flying from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back each year, the Arctic tern can cover more than 70,000 kilometres in a single round trip.Correct
- B. Arctic terns breed in the Arctic.
- C. A tern may live 30 years.
- D. Arctic terns fly to the Antarctic.
Answer: A. Flying from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back each year, the Arctic tern can cover more than 70,000 kilometres in a single round trip.
The route and the distance.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Arctic terns breed in the Arctic.
- No distance.
- C. A tern may live 30 years.
- Lifespan, not distance.
- D. Arctic terns fly to the Antarctic.
- No distance.
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