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where the water is the colour of strong tea. Females grow no bigger than 7.9 mm Wines
Scientists have discovered the world's smallest species of fish living in a tropical acidi
males measure 10.3 mm at its maximum length. I ears the title of smallestimown venebre
with a backbone Biologists discovered the fish during an expedition to explore forest Swamp
Indonesian island of Sumatra.
They were astonished to discover several species of small fish including the latest prome
Paedocypris Progenetica
A Swiss biologist, Maurice Konelat and Tan Heok Hu from the Rafles Museum in
discovered the fish by sieving the water of the Sumatran swamps with a fine-mesh net. To
specimens of the fish to the Natural History Museum n London where fish expert
Dinz
as a species new to science. Dr Britz said it was a member of the carp family and that the
a pair of large fins on the underside
A. Fill in the following chart with information from the passage:
Name of the smallest species of fish.
1) The family the fish belongs to
) Name of the scientists discovenng the fish
v) How the fish was caught
The male fish are distinguished by
3. Tick(the correct alternative:
The new fish fives mainly in
(a) tropical acidic swartp
(b) acid
(c) mud
10) lake
1) The maximum length of the female fish is-
(a) 10.3 mm
(b) 7.9 mm
d) 2 mm
The new species was sent to -
(a) Singapore (b) London
(c) Sumatra
d New York
) Maunce Kottelat is a person from
(a) England
(b) Sweden
In Switzerland d) llany
-) Natural History Museum is in
(a) London
(b) Singapore
c) Indonesia
10 Maldives
Grammar
Do as directed:
Don't get down from a running bus.
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Answers
where the water is the colour of strong tea. Females grow no bigger than 7.9 mm Wines
Scientists have discovered the world's smallest species of fish living in a tropical acidi
males measure 10.3 mm at its maximum length. I ears the title of smallestimown venebre
with a backbone Biologists discovered the fish during an expedition to explore forest Swamp
Indonesian island of Sumatra.
They were astonished to discover several species of small fish including the latest prome
Paedocypris Progenetica
A Swiss biologist, Maurice Konelat and Tan Heok Hu from the Rafles Museum in
discovered the fish by sieving the water of the Sumatran swamps with a fine-mesh net. To
specimens of the fish to the Natural History Museum n London where fish expert
Dinz
as a species new to science. Dr Britz said it was a member of the carp family and that the
a pair of large fins on the underside
A. Fill in the following chart with information from the passage:
Name of the smallest species of fish.
1) The family the fish belongs to
) Name of the scientists discovenng the fish
v) How the fish was caught
The male fish are distinguished by
3. Tick(the correct alternative:
The new fish fives mainly in
(a) tropical acidic swartp
(b) acid
(c) mud
10) lake
1) The maximum length of the female fish is-
(a) 10.3 mm
(b) 7.9 mm
d) 2 mm
The new species was sent to -
(a) Singapore (b) London
(c) Sumatra
d New York
) Maunce Kottelat is a person from
(a) England
(b) Sweden
In Switzerland d) llany
-) Natural History Museum is in
(a) London
(b) Singapore
c) Indonesia
10 Maldives
Grammar
Do as directed:
Don't get down from a running bus.