Question

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. (5 x 3 = 15 mks)

Gorilla is the largest of the great apes. A large male gorilla living in the

wild may weigh 204kilograms. Standing up on its legs, it may be about 6 ft tall.

Females usually weigh 91 kilogramsand are shorter than males. Gorillas live in the

rain forests of Central Africa. They are unaggressivecreatures living in family groups

led by a big male. Each group wanders in its own home range.

During the day gorillas rarely travel much more than one kilometer because the

leaves andshoots that they eat are plentiful in the forests where they live.

A gorilla’s day starts at dawn at about 6 a.m. when the party wakes and searches for

food. From about 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. they rest. When the adults rest, younger apes

wrestle with each other,play games and swing back and forth on vines. After this, the

party travels through the forestagain looking for more food until dusk i.e. about 6 p.m.

Gorillas are always on the move and neverspend more than one night in the same place.

They sleep in nests made of branches which they break or bend to make a crude platform

either on the ground or in trees. Adult gorillas build theirown nests while baby gorillas

snuggle in with their mothers. A new nest is made everyday. Because of hunting,

destruction of rainforests and human wars that affect gorilla habitat, gorillas are

now very rare. There are less than 400 gorillas left in the wild.

1. Why do gorillas make new nests everyday? (1)

2. Why do you think Gorillas have become rare? (1)

3. What do the baby gorillas do while adults rest? (1)

4. What do gorillas do from 6 am in the morning till 2 o’clock in

the afternoon? ​

Answer 1

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