Why does Skin Wrinkle in Water – IELTS Reading Answers

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Updated On Apr 17, 2021

Why does Skin Wrinkle in Water – IELTS Reading Answers

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1 Why does Skin Wrinkle in Water
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Answer questions 1-13 based on the given reading passage.

Why does Skin Wrinkle in Water

skin wrinkle - 1

skin wrinkle - 2

skin wrinkle - 3

skin wrinkle - 4

skin wrinkle - 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	grip	wrinkled skin gives a better grip	Para A, lines 2-3
2	tools	might have helped handling tools in wet conditions	Para B, line 2
3	rippling	making the skin ripple, tiny folds	Para C, first 2 lines
4	car treads	wrinkles on fingers resemble car treads	Para D, line 3
5	No difference	Wrinkles, no difference, time it took, do the task, dry objects	Para F, line 3
6	primates	findings, question, how, which species, inherited, wrinkling skin, primates have pruney fingers, only evidence, macaques	Para G, first 3 lines
7	treads	wrinkles on fingers resemble car treads	Para D, line 3
8	blood vessels	fingertips shrink when they wrinkle because the blood vessels inside them contract	Para C, lines 3-4
9	fingers	once, water, squirted out through the channels	Para G, last line
10	damaged	the effect disappeared when the nerves in the fingers were damaged.	Para C, Line 2
11	Nervous system	The effect is controlled by the autonomic nervous system	Para C, Line 3
12	autonomous	The effect is controlled by the autonomic nervous system	Para C, Line 3
13	sensitivity	wrinkling comes at a cost: the loss of sensitivity.	Para H, line 2

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