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title: Myth check: do goldfish have a three-second memory? — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Biology
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 152 «Myth check: do goldfish have a three-second memory?» 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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# Myth check: do goldfish have a three-second memory?

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The 15 questions of lesson 152 «Myth check: do goldfish have a three-second memory?» of the biology course of Mova's primary school with their options, 80 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/152-goldfish-memory/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/152-goldfish-memory/t1/) — «my goldfish forgets me every 3 seconds so it doesn't matter if i forget to feed it» What is right? — right ✓ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/152-goldfish-memory/t2/) — A cartoon goldfish sees the castle in its bowl and gasps «new castle!» every lap. What is true? — right ✓ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/152-goldfish-memory/t3/) — «three goldfish, no wait, four. how many eyes is that» — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/152-goldfish-memory/t4/) — Two goldfish and a cat are watching each other. How many tails altogether? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/152-goldfish-memory/t5/) — What would happen if a fish really forgot everything every three seconds? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/152-goldfish-memory/t6/) — «they grow to fit the bowl, so a small bowl keeps 'em cute and small» What is right? — right ✓ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/152-goldfish-memory/t7/) — «we're moving, just chuck the goldfish in the lake, it'll be free» What is the best answer? — right ✓ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/152-goldfish-memory/t8/) — A goldfish darts away when the net comes in. What does that show? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/152-goldfish-memory/t9/) — A goldfish in a science video swims through a maze faster each day. What does that show? — right ✓ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/152-goldfish-memory/t10/) — «stupid fish's staring at nothing again» Why might the goldfish be looking at «nothing»? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/152-goldfish-memory/t11/) — Why might a goldfish keep gulping at the surface? — right ✓ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/152-goldfish-memory/e1/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the duration of memory in the goldfish. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/152-goldfish-memory/e2/) — Identify the principal reason for which a small spherical bowl is unsuitable for the keeping of goldfish. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/152-goldfish-memory/e3/) — It is given that a fish keeper sounds a bell on each occasion prior to feeding. Determine the behaviour subsequently exhibited by the fish. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/152-goldfish-memory/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the origin of the domestic goldfish? — wrong ✗ · exam

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