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title: Why zoos exist and what critics say — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Biology
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 115 «Why zoos exist and what critics say» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Why zoos exist and what critics say

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The 15 questions of lesson 115 «Why zoos exist and what critics say» of the biology course of Mova's primary school with their options, 78 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/t1/) — «zoos are just prisons for animals, end of» How could a fair thinker answer? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/t2/) — «my uncle says zoos were always about saving animals» What is right? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/t3/) — Alex the lion in Madagascar can't hunt in the wild. What would happen to a real zoo-born lion set free? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/t4/) — How could you tell a good zoo from a bad one on a visit? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/t5/) — At a holiday resort a stall offers «hold a baby tiger for €10». What is the best thing to do? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/t6/) — «bloke kept banging the glass at the gorillas, keeper went mad, bit much innit» Was the keeper right? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/t7/) — Which animal would be the hardest to keep well in a zoo? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/t8/) — The Tower of London polar bear fished in the Thames on a chain. What would people think today? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/t9/) — Why might some things be easier to learn about in a zoo than in the jungle? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/t10/) — «4 elephants in the old zoo picture, how many trunks and how many tails altogether» — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/t11/) — «Madagascar zoo had a lion, a zebra, a hippo and a giraffe, how many legs is that, no, add the 4 penguins» — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the historical origins of zoological collections? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/e2/) — Identify the principal objection advanced by critics of zoological institutions. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning accredited zoological institutions. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/e4/) — Determine the reason for which certain institutions have ceased to maintain orcas and elephants. — wrong ✗ · exam

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