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title: The asteroid: the day the dinosaurs died and who survived — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Biology
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 271 «The asteroid: the day the dinosaurs died and who survived» 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 asteroid: the day the dinosaurs died and who survived

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The 15 questions of lesson 271 «The asteroid: the day the dinosaurs died and who survived» 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/271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/t1/) — «big rock hits Mexico, how does that kill a T. rex in Canada lol» What is the best answer? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/t2/) — What would happen to a food chain if the plants at the bottom died? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/t3/) — «a shooting star!! is it gonna hit us and kill us like the dinos» What is right? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/t4/) — «so we'd not be here without that asteroid, that's mad» Is there truth in it? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/t5/) — Count them: after the disaster, a pond has 3 frogs, 2 turtles and 1 crocodile. How many legs are there in all? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/t6/) — In a cartoon the dinosaurs look up, see the asteroid, and all fall over dead at once. What is closer to the truth? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/t7/) — «are we gonna get smashed by an asteroid next year??» What is best? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/t8/) — Why were small seed-eaters and burrowers more likely to survive? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/t9/) — A scientist finds the same thin clay layer in Italy and in New Zealand. What does it tell her? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/t10/) — «it was the volcanoes in India, not some asteroid» What is the fairest answer? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/t11/) — Why does DART matter, even though it bumped a harmless asteroid? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/e1/) — Identify the location of the impact which is understood to have caused the extinction of the non-bird dinosaurs. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the significance of iridium in the boundary clay. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/e3/) — Ascertain the principal mechanism by which the darkening of the sky brought about the collapse of food chains. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the consequence of the extinction for the mammals? — wrong ✗ · exam

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