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A group of emperor penguins pictured on Antarctica's Ross Island. Photo: Gemma Tarlach/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/
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If you look at a penguin huddle in real time, you hardly see any movement at all they
are all standing very still, said Richard Gerum. He is a German scientist. He is the rst
author of the study published in the New Journal of Physics.
So although these emperor penguins dont dance like the characters in Happy Feet, they
still perform some pretty fancy footwork.
Quiz
1
(B)
(C)
(D)
they are careful about how close they get to each other
Select the paragraph from the section "Don't Get Your Feathers Rufed" which discusses how
penguins can move together without any sort of leader taking charge.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
How did the new study help explain information found in the previous study?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
The new study discovered the movements are just like a trafc jam.
Answer Key
1
(B)
(C)
(D)
they are careful about how close they get to each other
Select the paragraph from the section "Don't Get Your Feathers Rufed" which discusses how
penguins can move together without any sort of leader taking charge.
Paragraph 13:
The waves arent based on rank. Any penguin can start them. Theyre a product
of a simple set of rules governing the space between each penguin and its
immediate neighbors. And yet, these tiny movements can add up to a largescale, complicated order. It's similar to the patterns seen in schools of fish,
flocks of birds or swarms of ants. These rules allow the penguins to stay
organized, to maximize heat conservation and even to combine two smaller
penguin huddles together.
(B)
(C)
(D)
How did the new study help explain information found in the previous study?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
The new study discovered the movements are just like a trafc jam.