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title: Elephants: the trunk and everything it does — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Biology
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 21 «Elephants: the trunk and everything it does» 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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# Elephants: the trunk and everything it does

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The 16 questions of lesson 21 «Elephants: the trunk and everything it does» of the biology course of Mova's primary school with their options, 84 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/21-elephants-the-trunk/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/t1/) — in the cartoon the elephant drinks thru its trunk like a straw lol. true? — right ✓
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/t2/) — Count them: how many trunks, ears and legs does one elephant have altogether? — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/t3/) — What would happen if an elephant had a short nose like a horse but kept its short neck and heavy head? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/t4/) — My mate reckons the trunk is full of bones like a finger. Is he right? — wrong ✗
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/t5/) — An Asian elephant tries to pick up a peanut. How is it different from an African elephant? — right ✓
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/t6/) — Why might a zoo elephant splash mud over itself even though it isn't dirty? — right ✓
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/t7/) — oi why's the elephant just standing there sniffing the air like a weirdo — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/t8/) — Which is true about the elephant's sense of smell? — wrong ✗
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/t9/) — A zookeeper hears a rumble too low for people to notice, and the other elephants turn. How did they get the message? — right ✓
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/t10/) — In a cartoon an elephant is scared of a tiny mouse and climbs a chair. What is the real story? — right ✓
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/t11/) — Why might a calf kneel down and drink with its mouth instead of its trunk? — wrong ✗
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/t12/) — Why does an elephant spend 16 to 18 hours a day eating? — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/e1/) — Identify the anatomical structures from whose union the proboscis of the elephant is understood to have arisen. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the manner in which an adult elephant ingests water? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/e3/) — Ascertain the number of bones contained within the trunk of an adult African elephant. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/e4/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the application of dust by an elephant to its own dorsum. — wrong ✗ · exam

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