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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #39035 Medium Morphology
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I think there's about 22,000 species of bees, which is incredible. And as Tim says they are really important pollinators. But there are actually over 100,000 species of wasps. So there was definitely outdoing the bees in that in in species numbers. As you said, there are big there are lots of bees that look a bit like a wasp, and vice versa. And that's no surprise because actually, bees are evolved from wasps. Bees are simply wasps that have lost the ability to hunt prey, and converted their diet from feeding or feeding their brood of insect protein to feeding off pollen. So So bees are just wasps that have forgotten how to hunt. But the main difference between A B and A wasp in terms of their morphology is that wasps tend to have this very constricted Wasp waist. Some some wasps, I like to refer to them as a kind of like the supermodels of the insect well, because they've got this extraordinarily long, thin waist, whereas bees tend to be a bit stumped here a bit fatter and more rotund. The other way to spot Teller was from a bee is that bees tend to be a bit hairier. The main characteristic is has it got this kind of Wasp waist.

What is the main difference between bees and wasps in terms of their morphology?

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Option 4: "Wasps have a very constricted waist."

Explanation: This option correctly identifies the main morphological difference highlighted in the text. The speaker describes wasps as having a 'very constricted Wasp waist,' contrasting with bees, which are described as 'a bit fatter and more rotund.' This directly answers the question about morphology.

Option 1: "Bees are hairier than wasps."

Explanation: While the text mentions that bees tend to be hairier than wasps, this statement does not address the main difference in morphology as requested by the question. It is a true statement but does not encapsulate the primary morphological distinction.

Option 2: "Wasps have more species than bees."

Explanation: This statement is accurate according to the text, which states there are over 100,000 species of wasps compared to about 22,000 species of bees. However, it does not relate to the morphological differences between the two, which is the focus of the question.

Option 3: "Bees are evolved from wasps."

Explanation: This statement is true as per the text, which explains that bees evolved from wasps. However, it does not address the morphological differences, which is the specific focus of the question.

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