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The beaver had made a dam about two hundred yards long, and it had formed out of the quickly
llowing stream, a wide stretch of water about twelve feet deep. The dam was so firm and broad
that it was easy for me to walk along it. After a hundred and fifty yards I carried to a beaver's
castle', a great heap of logs, skillfully fitted together, the lower part is covered with earth and
plants. The upper logs were put loosely together, so that the air could pass through to the
interior
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In the late autumn, before land and water are covered with snow and ice, the beaver has to make
its dwelling frost-proof. It collects young trees and gnaws the stems in a double cone until the
tree falls. Then the long stems are gnawed into small sections, the thin twigs bitten off, and the
logs are dragged to the dwelling.
There the timber is piled on the 'castle', sometimes to a height of ten or a dozen feet. Mud is
brought up from the bottom of the lake and placed between the logs with the animal's clever
forepaws. The interior is lined with the finest wood shavings. In this tall shelter the beaver
remains high and dry, and protected from frost throughout the winter.
The only access to the dwelling is under the water, and even the forest wolves are unable to pull
the firm building apart. The water is the beaver's element. On land it moves slowly and
awkwardly. Thus it is vital for the beaver to have water in which it can swim, and where nature
has not provided this condition for it; it creates it with its dam.
The beaver's activities change whole landscapes. With this dam for instance, on which I was
standing, beavers had turned a whole wooded valley into a lake; trees that had stood there had
been killed by the water and had disappeared. Aquatic game had settled there. Ducks swam past
us, and great must have been the number of fish, as swarms of trout had swum past me in the
clear stream. Wide stretches of meadow had come into existence on the banks, with flat landing
places to which well-beaten beaver tracks led. Many years of building, gnawing, and dragging
must have gone to the completion of this immense work, creating a new region for the beavers
to live in
[1]
(a) Give the meaning of the following words used in the passage,
One word answers or short phrases will be accepted.
(i) Swarm
(b)
Answer the following questions briefly in your own words.
How would you describe the 'beaver's castle"?
[2]
(ii) Which sentence in the passage tells you that water is an important element for the
beaver?
[2]
(ili) Explain the entire process of how the beaver makes its dwelling frost free. [2]​

Answer 1

Answer:

c

Explanation:

to" (and any subsequent words) was ignored because we limit queries to 32 words.

Answer 2

Answer:

c is answer of questions