Generating ideas for parenthesis in a report about a penguin | English

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Which of the following is a statistic about stag beetles?
- The larva feeds on decaying wood.
- The larva grows to lengths of up to 11 centimetres. ✓
- The adult beetle lives for only a few months.
- The female beetle does not have oversized mandibles.
Which of the following are threats faced by macaroni penguins?
- Climate change is reducing krill numbers. ✓
- There are monitoring programmes at breeding colonies.
- Fishing has reduced the amount of krill and fish. ✓
- Many penguins can't be visited by humans.
Which of the following are appropriate expanded noun phrases to replace 'krill' in a non-chronological report?
- delicious creatures
- tiny crustaceans ✓
- disgusting, slimy animals
Match the adjectives and nouns to make word pairs to describe the features of macaroni penguins.
- tightly-packed
  
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  feathers ✓
- orange-brown
  
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  bill ✓
- distinctive, yellow
  
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  crest ✓
- oily
  
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  secretions ✓
Match the adjectives and nouns to make expanded noun phrases to describe the features of macaroni penguins' diet and habitat.
- shallow, rock-lined
  
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  scrape ✓
- crowded, populous
  
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  colony ✓
- protected
  
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  reserves ✓
- commercial
  
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  fishing ✓
Which adjective pair best describes the macaroni penguin's body?
- streamlined, thin
- oily, tightly-packed
- distinctive, powerful
- streamlined, well-insulated ✓