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title: Plants deeper: the oldest, tallest and strangest trees — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Biology
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 253 «Plants deeper: the oldest, tallest and strangest trees» 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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# Plants deeper: the oldest, tallest and strangest trees

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The 15 questions of lesson 253 «Plants deeper: the oldest, tallest and strangest trees» 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/253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees/t1/) — In a film a talking willow tree says she is four hundred years old. Can trees really be that old? — wrong ✗
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees/t2/) — «why don't trees just keep growing taller forever» What is the best answer? — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees/t3/) — «my bonsai is a baby tree, special mini sort innit» What is right? — right ✓
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees/t4/) — «counted 23 rings on the log, no wait 32. how old was the tree» — right ✓
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees/t5/) — «10 wide rings and 5 thin ones on my log. how many good wet years» — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees/t6/) — What would happen if a scientist found a beam with rings in an old house and matched the pattern to dated trees? — right ✓
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees/t7/) — «that massive fat tree in Africa, there's a pub inside it?? no way» What is right? — right ✓
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees/t8/) — «saw a big tree in Kolkata, like 1000s of trunks, must be loads of trees» What is it? — wrong ✗
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees/t9/) — A wildfire passes through a giant sequoia grove. What can happen next? — right ✓
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees/t10/) — «yew berry looks nice, ok to eat the whole thing?» What is right? — wrong ✗
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees/t11/) — Why do gardeners buying Wollemi pines help the wild ones? — right ✓
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the means by which water ascends a tall tree? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees/e2/) — Identify the principal method by which the age of a felled tree may be determined. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the dawn redwood. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees/e4/) — Ascertain the reason for which the precise location of the tree known as Hyperion is withheld from the public. — wrong ✗ · exam

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