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title: The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and ot… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Biology
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 259 «The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and other tiny creatures» 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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# The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and other tiny creatures

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The 15 questions of lesson 259 «The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and other tiny creatures» of the biology course of Mova's primary school with their options, 79 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/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/t1/) — In SpongeBob, Plankton is a tiny green character with one eye who plots all day. What are real plankton? — wrong ✗
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/t2/) — Count them: under the microscope you see 3 tardigrades and 2 dust mites. How many legs in all? — right ✓
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/t3/) — «tardigrades are immortal, they can't die, everyone knows» What is right? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/t4/) — «my sis has bugs in her eyelashes?? gross, she's dirty» What is right? — wrong ✗
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/t5/) — How can the biggest animal ever live on some of the smallest? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/t6/) — What would happen to the sea if all the plankton vanished? — wrong ✗
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/t7/) — Why would eggs that survive drying be useful in a salty lake? — right ✓
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/t8/) — «a slime mould solved a maze? it doesn't even have a brain lol» What is right? — right ✓
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/t9/) — Count them: 4 water fleas each have 2 big antennae for jumping. How many antennae is that? — wrong ✗
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/t10/) — Mum shakes out the duvet and washes the sheets hot. Why does it help with dust mites? — wrong ✗
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/t11/) — How could rotifers survive about 24,000 years in ice? — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/e1/) — Identify the principal means by which a tardigrade survives the desiccation of its habitat. — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the nourishment of the blue whale. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Demodex mites in respect of their human hosts? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/e4/) — Ascertain the classification of the organisms commonly sold under the name «sea monkeys». — wrong ✗ · exam

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