Question

Reading Comprehension

A pangolin is a small mammal antive to Afnen und Asia. A pangolin's skin looks very much like that of a pineapple, To protect itself from enemies, a pangolin can roll up into a bielu bull like a bagdag Binge His body is covered with sales, rolling up like a ball helps the pangolin to defend self effectively. The pangolin subsists entirely on insects. It sticks out is long and sky tongue and uses it in slurp up termites and ants from their pets. In some species, the longue can he longer than the entire body of the pangolin

Because of widespread poaching, pangolins are today facing a monumental extinction erals. At the World Conservation Congress held in Hawull come years ago, members of the Intemattonal Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) noted that the pangolin was the most pouhod animal in the world wre 16 a huge demand for the animal's Mesh in China, Vietnam and Africa. The pengobin's seules are also in greur demand thanks to their supposedly therapeutic powers .

It has been suggested that the Chinem and Vietnamese goverments should make an inventory of their sincks of pungolin scales. Once the numbers are made public, acheuk can be made of the an increases This will stop tu illegal trade of pangolios. The strongholds of pangolin in Asia and Africa must be protected, and the local communities urged to give up pouching and legal wade. Reducing consumer demand and educating people against the use of pungon scales and flesh will also go a long way in protecting the species.

* Subsist - support onesell

* Monumental - huge

Answer the following:

1 State the way in which the pangolin protects liself from its enemies?

What is unusual about the pangolin's tongue in some species?

3 Poaching has seriously endangered the population of pangolins. This information depicts humun heings to he

Select and copy the correct options thoughtless. magnanimous murderous voracious

4. State iwo reasons for the indiscriminate killing of pangolins.

5. The pangolin's scales are also in greut demand thanks to their supposedly therapeutic powers.
What does the word 'therapeutic' here mean?
A. mystical B. healing C. extraordinary D. magical



6. An inventory of the government's Nook of pangolin scales will be helpful to stop the illegal trade of pangolins .
Select the correct option
A. True
B. False


7. Education and enforcement must go band in hand if pangolins are to be protected,
Do you agree? Explain by referring to the text.
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Answer 1

In Chloroplast there is a 'third membrane' which forms a stacked disc-shaped structure called thylakoids. Thylakoids contains chlorophyll which helps in the beginning of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is a process by which plants make their food.

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