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PART 4 Question 31-40

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Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

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Bird Migration Theory

Most birds are believed to migrate seasonally.

Hibernation theory

  • It was believed that birds hibernated underwater or buried themselves in 31..............................
  • This theory was later disproved by experiments on caged birds.

Transmutation theory

  • Aristotle believed birds changed from one species into another in summer and winter.
    • In autumn he observed that redstarts experience the loss of 32.............................. and thought they then turned into robins.
    • Aristotle's assumptions were logical because the two species of birds had a similar 33..............................

17th century

  • Charles Morton popularised the idea that birds fly to the 34.............................. in winter.

Scientific developments

  • In 1822, a stork was killed in Germany which had an African spear in its 35.............................. .
    • previously there had been no 36.............................. that storks migrate to Africa
  • Little was known about the 37.............................. and journeys of migrating birds until the practice of ringing was established.
    • It was thought large birds carried small birds on some journeys because they were considered incapable of travelling across huge 38............................. .
    • Ringing depended on what is called the 39 '.............................' of dead birds.
  • In 1931, the first 40............................. to show the migration of European birds was printed.

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Part 4, Questions 31-40

31   mud
32   feathers
33   shape
34   moon
35   neck
36   evidence
37   destinations
38   oceans
39   recovery
40   atlas