NEO48

Question 1

prevalence

Answer 1

the fact that something is very common or happens often:
example: Shoaling is of considerable interest because of its prevalence

Question 2

immerse

Answer 2

to involve someone completely in an activity:
example: , because while being immersed in a school incurs hydrodynamic advantages to individuals

Question 3

posit

Answer 3

to suggest something as a basic fact or principle from which a further idea is formed or developed:
example: A newer version of the hypothesis posits that the extinctions were more gradual,

Question 4

scavenger

Answer 4

a bird or an animal that feeds on dead animals that it has not killed itself:
example: The large scavenger birds

Question 5

condor

Answer 5

a type of vulture (= a large bird that feeds on dead animals) from South America
example: California condor may have held on because it had access to the carcasses of large marine mammals,

Question 6

carcass

Answer 6

the body of a dead animal, especially a large one that is soon to be cut up as meat or eaten by wild animals:
example: California condor may have held on because it had access to the carcasses of large marine mammals,

Question 7

coincide

Answer 7

to happen at or near the same time:
example:a disappearance that seems
to coincide with the extinction of many (but not all) of the large animals of interior