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title: How real cats hunt: stalking, waiting and pouncing — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Biology
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 119 «How real cats hunt: stalking, waiting and pouncing» 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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# How real cats hunt: stalking, waiting and pouncing

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The 16 questions of lesson 119 «How real cats hunt: stalking, waiting and pouncing» of the biology course of Mova's primary school with their options, 82 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/119-how-real-cats-hunt/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/119-how-real-cats-hunt/t1/) — «my cat sits staring at a mousehole for ages and gets nothing, he's useless» What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/119-how-real-cats-hunt/t2/) — «cats can see in pitch black, that's why they're out at night» What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/119-how-real-cats-hunt/t3/) — Why don't your own eyes shine green in a torch beam? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/119-how-real-cats-hunt/t4/) — How could a mouse's own squeaks help a cat find it? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/119-how-real-cats-hunt/t5/) — «gonna trim my cat's whiskers so they look neat» Why is that a bad idea? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/119-how-real-cats-hunt/t6/) — Why would a well-fed cat play with a mouse longer than a hungry one? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/119-how-real-cats-hunt/t7/) — A kitten grows up alone, never seeing its mother hunt. What would most likely happen? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/119-how-real-cats-hunt/t8/) — In the Lion King, Nala pounces on Simba in play. What is that kind of play in real young cats? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/119-how-real-cats-hunt/t9/) — «crap, the cat got a robin again» What could the family do to help birds? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/119-how-real-cats-hunt/t10/) — Why might cats and mice both be busiest at dawn and dusk? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/119-how-real-cats-hunt/t11/) — «my 3 cats are all staring at the bird outside, how many ears pointing at it, no 4 cats, Mum's one too» — right ✓ · ★★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/119-how-real-cats-hunt/t12/) — «why do small hunters like cats have slit eyes but lions round ones» What is the best idea? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/119-how-real-cats-hunt/e1/) — Identify the principal function of the tapetum lucidum in the feline eye. — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/119-how-real-cats-hunt/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hunting strategy predominantly employed by the domestic cat? — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/119-how-real-cats-hunt/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning feline vision in the absence of light. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/119-how-real-cats-hunt/e4/) — Ascertain the approximate daily duration of sleep and rest in the domestic cat. — right ✓ · exam

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