Giant Camel Fossil Found in Arctic – IELTS Reading Answers

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Updated On Apr 20, 2021

Giant Camel Fossil Found in Arctic – IELTS Reading Answers

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1 Giant Camel Fossil Found in Arctic
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You should spend 20 minutes on questions 1-13, based on the given reading passage.

Giant Camel Fossil Found in Arctic

camel fossil arctic 1

camel fossil arctic 2

camel fossil arctic 3

camel fossil arctic 4

camel fossil arctic 5

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The answers to questions 1-13 are given below along with their explanations.

Question Number	Answer	Keywords	Locations of Keywords
1	evolutionary	However, more to the project, uncovering, evolutionary history	Para 2, first 2 lines
2	protein	Collagen is a protein	Para 3, line 1
3	match	results, almost identical match, modem-day, dromedary	Para 4, line 3
4	similarities	comparison, makeup, collagen, tissue, Ice Age Yukon camels revealed, similarities, found, closely related	Para 4, lines 4-5
5	anatomical	anatomical data suggest, leg bone found on Ellesmere	Para 4, line 6
6	larger	one third larger, same bone, modern camel	Para 4, lines 6-7
7	mineralisation	findings suggest, mineralisation worked, cold temperature, preserve, proteins, bones	Para 4, lines 8-9
8	preservation	specimen is spectacular, provides, clues, how, preservation, occur	Para 4, last 3 lines
9	3.5 metres	giant creature, likely, 3.5 metres tall, hump	Para 4, lines 7-8
10	fat store	Traits, modern camels, humps, fat store	Para 5, lines 2-3
11	low light	large eyes, helped them peer, low light	Para 5, lines 6-7
12	soft	Other, characteristics, useful, frozen, flat feet, support, soft ground	Para 5, lines 4-5
13	loose sand	such as loose sand, same way, snowshoe helps, walk on snow	Paara 5, lines 5-6

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