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title: Strange islands: Komodo dragons, the dodo, red crabs, kaka… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Biology
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 181 «Strange islands: Komodo dragons, the dodo, red crabs, kakapos, giants and dwarfs» 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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# Strange islands: Komodo dragons, the dodo, red crabs, kakapos, giants and dwarfs

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The 15 questions of lesson 181 «Strange islands: Komodo dragons, the dodo, red crabs, kakapos, giants and dwarfs» 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/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/t1/) — In Ice Age a gang of silly dodos fight over a melon and fall off a cliff one after another. What is the truth? — wrong ✗
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/t2/) — «my cousin says komodo dragons kill with dirty spit, all germs innit» What is right? — right ✓
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/t3/) — «3 komodo dragons in the zoo, how many legs and tails altogether» — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/t4/) — What would happen if rats reached an island where a bird nests on the ground and cannot fly? — right ✓
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/t5/) — An old Greek shepherd finds a huge skull with one big hole in the middle of its face. What was it most likely? — right ✓
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/t6/) — «2 dwarf elephants and 1 normal elephant, how many trunks and ears» — right ✓
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/t7/) — Ships brought cats to an island where a parrot walks about at night. Why is this so dangerous for the parrot? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/t8/) — «saw crabs everywhere on the road, someone tell em to go back to the sea» What is really happening? — right ✓
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/t9/) — «kakapos are just lazy parrots, they could fly if they tried» What is right? — right ✓
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/t10/) — Why do many island birds in Hawaii now live only high up in the mountains? — right ✓
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/t11/) — Why does a kiwi chick need a big egg? — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/e1/) — Identify the term which denotes the process whereby small animals inhabiting predator-free islands attain an unusually large body size. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the circumstances of the extinction of the dodo? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Komodo dragon. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/e4/) — Ascertain the principal reason for which the kakapo of New Zealand lost the capacity for flight. — right ✓ · exam

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