# Feedback on a Kelp Forest Presentation

IELTS Academic Listening - 10 questions - 7 minutes - Multiple choice, Matching information

Source: Written by Testmigo.

## The recording

6 minutes of audio. Practice it with the player on the page; the transcript is on the answers page.

## Questions

### Questions 21-25: Multiple choice

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

21. According to the tutor, what was the main strength of the presentation?
   - A. the choice of photographs
   - B. the pace of the delivery
   - C. the logical sequence of the content

22. What problem does the tutor identify in the students' description of kelp?
   - A. It referred to kelp as a plant.
   - B. It described the holdfast inaccurately.
   - C. It did not explain the gas-filled floats.

23. What do the students decide to do about the growth rate of giant kelp?
   - A. give the figure as an upper limit under the best circumstances
   - B. replace the figure with a general description
   - C. show the full range for all kelp species

24. What is the tutor's criticism of the section on sea otters?
   - A. The food chain was described incorrectly.
   - B. The term keystone species was not used.
   - C. It implied a link with the case study that did not exist.

25. What does the tutor advise the students to add to the case study?
   - A. a graph showing the rise in urchin numbers
   - B. the consequences for a local fishery
   - C. a map of the affected coastline

### Questions 26-30: Matching information

What does the tutor say about each part of the presentation? Choose FIVE answers from the box, A-F.

- **A** It should be shorter.
- **B** It should show the source of a statistic.
- **C** It was the strongest part.
- **D** It should come earlier.
- **E** It contained too much specialist vocabulary.
- **F** It should be removed.

26. the opening video

27. the section on urchin barrens

28. the restoration section

29. the part on urchin ranching

30. the slide on the sunflower sea star

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