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Practice Listening: Highlight Correct Summary ID: #30168 Long Animal 3

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To understand what extinct animals, such as dinosaurs, ate, we can compare their tooth types to the range of tooth types that we see with modern animals such as these carnivorous and omnivorous animals. When we look at this tiger skull, we can look at aspects of its dentition, or its teeth to understand what it ate. So, when we look at these pointed and sharp teeth, we can see teeth that are very well adapted for slicing, shearing and cutting flesh. Unlike the tiger, when we look at this omnivorous animal, which is a horse, we can see that its teeth are arranged in a nice flat, grinding surface. So, when the top and lower teeth fit together, they actually grind up plant material.
When we look at fossils, like this one, which belongs to an Allosaur, we can see teeth that are conical and re-curved backwards with sharp points and serrated edges. These kinds of clues tell us that this animal was a meat-eating animal.
This fossil is the jaw of a Hadrosaur. On this side, you can see many of its teeth. When we turn it around, you can see a long, flat grinding surface. By comparison, we can infer that this animal was also a plant eater, just like the horse. It showed us very similar kind of dentition. This animal also ate plants and other tough fibrous material.

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Tigers have sharp, curved teeth for slicing meat, while horses' teeth are flat for grinding plants. Similarly, amongst dinosaurs, allosaurs have sharp, straight, conical teeth that were well adapted for crushing the bones of other dinosaurs, while hadrosaurs had flat teeth for eating grass and similar materials. We can tell what kind of food an extinct animal such as a dinosaur ate by examining its teeth and jaw and comparing them with present-day animals. Sharp, serrated teeth imply that it was a carnivore, whereas flat surfaces for grinding tough fibres suggest a herbivorous diet. Hadrosaurs, like horses, were adapted to a vegetarian diet. Their teeth were flat and designed for grinding tough material such as plants, though they were sometimes ground down to a flat surface. This led to problems with dentition. Allosaurs, on the other hand, like tigers, had sharp teeth for eating meat. Researchers have found that dinosaurs had the same kinds of diet-related issues with their dentition as modern-day animals. Meat-eaters in particular had tooth cavities due to bacteria in their food. However, herbivores also had problems due to their teeth being ground down as they chewed on tough plant fibres.

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Option 1: "Tigers have sharp, curved teeth for slicing meat, while horses' teeth are flat for grinding plants. Similarly, amongst dinosaurs, allosaurs have sharp, straight, conical teeth that were well adapted for crushing the bones of other dinosaurs, while hadrosaurs had flat teeth for eating grass and similar materials."
Explanation: This option incorrectly states that allosaurs had teeth adapted for crushing bones, which is not supported by the text. The text mentions that allosaurs had sharp, conical teeth suitable for meat-eating, but it does not mention bone-crushing. Additionally, the comparison to modern animals is not comprehensive enough to summarize the main idea of the text.
Option 2: "We can tell what kind of food an extinct animal such as a dinosaur ate by examining its teeth and jaw and comparing them with present-day animals. Sharp, serrated teeth imply that it was a carnivore, whereas flat surfaces for grinding tough fibres suggest a herbivorous diet."
Explanation: This option accurately summarizes the main idea of the text, which discusses how the types of teeth in both extinct and modern animals can indicate their diets. It correctly identifies sharp teeth as indicative of carnivores and flat teeth as indicative of herbivores, aligning with the details provided in the text.
Option 3: "Hadrosaurs, like horses, were adapted to a vegetarian diet. Their teeth were flat and designed for grinding tough material such as plants, though they were sometimes ground down to a flat surface. This led to problems with dentition. Allosaurs, on the other hand, like tigers, had sharp teeth for eating meat."
Explanation: While this option correctly identifies hadrosaurs and horses as herbivores, it introduces the idea of dentition problems that are not mentioned in the text. Furthermore, it inaccurately implies that allosaurs had issues similar to those of modern carnivores, which is not supported by the text's focus on their sharp teeth for meat consumption.
Option 4: "Researchers have found that dinosaurs had the same kinds of diet-related issues with their dentition as modern-day animals. Meat-eaters in particular had tooth cavities due to bacteria in their food. However, herbivores also had problems due to their teeth being ground down as they chewed on tough plant fibres."
Explanation: This option introduces concepts of dental issues and cavities that are not discussed in the text. The text focuses on the relationship between tooth types and diet rather than any problems related to dentition. Therefore, it does not accurately summarize the main idea of the text.

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