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title: Evolution: why giraffes really have long necks — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Biology
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 278 «Evolution: why giraffes really have long necks» 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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# Evolution: why giraffes really have long necks

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The 15 questions of lesson 278 «Evolution: why giraffes really have long necks» 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/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/t1/) — «my teacher said giraffes stretched their necks for leaves and their babies got the long necks. that's how it works yeah?» What is right? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/t2/) — Count them: a giraffe and a mouse stand side by side. How many neck bones do they have together? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/t3/) — «a fish is less evolved than me cos it can't even walk lol» What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/t4/) — What would happen over many generations if a river fish species got trapped in a dark cave? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/t5/) — «if giraffes needed long necks so bad, why's the okapi got a short one» What is the best answer? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/t6/) — In a cartoon, a giraffe ties its long neck in a knot and then untangles it. Why can't a real giraffe? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/t7/) — Count them: Darwin sees 3 giant tortoises and 2 iguanas on an island. How many legs in all? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/t8/) — «Darwin did it all alone and was first» What is closer to the truth? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/t9/) — «half an eye is useless so eyes can't evolve» What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/t10/) — «evolution's goal is to make humans, we're the top» What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/t11/) — «a whale is a big fish, always lived in the sea» What does the evidence show? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/e1/) — Identify the principal deficiency of the hypothesis advanced by Lamarck in respect of the neck of the giraffe. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/e2/) — State the number of cervical vertebrae, hereinafter referred to as neck bones, possessed by the giraffe. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the purpose or goal of evolution. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the loss of eyes in Mexican cave fish? — wrong ✗ · exam

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