--- title: Natural selection we can watch: moths, finches, germs and… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Biology description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 279 «Natural selection we can watch: moths, finches, germs and tuskless elephants» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / Natural selection we can watch: moths,… # Natural selection we can watch: moths, finches, germs and tuskless elephants The 16 questions of lesson 279 «Natural selection we can watch: moths, finches, germs and tuskless elephants» of the biology course of Mova's primary school with their options, 87 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/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/t1/) — «doc gave me antibiotics, I feel fine after 2 days so I'll bin the rest» What is best? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/t2/) — «a chihuahua and a wolf, no way same family» What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/t3/) — «broccoli and cabbage are totally different plants mate» What is right? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/t4/) — Count them: 4 elephants walk by, and 2 of them have no tusks. Each elephant with tusks has 2. How many tusks, trunks and tails are there? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/t5/) — What would happen if all the trees near a city became pale again after the soot was cleaned? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/t6/) — «the elephants decided to stop growing tusks so poachers leave 'em alone, smart» What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/t7/) — In a cartoon, a mosquito puts on a gas mask and laughs at the bug spray. What is really happening when mosquitoes resist spray? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/t8/) — Count them: a stick insect has 6 legs. How many legs do 5 stick insects on a twig have? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/t9/) — «why do I have to get a flu jab every year, it's the same flu innit» What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/t10/) — A dry year leaves only big, hard seeds on an island. What would happen to the next generation of finches? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/t11/) — «my mate's lactose intolerant, means he's ill» What is closer to the truth? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/t12/) — Count them: a scientist catches 3 lizards before a storm and 2 after. Each lizard has 4 feet. How many feet did she measure in all? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/e1/) — Identify the principal cause of the increase in dark peppered moths near industrial cities. — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the premature discontinuation of a course of antibiotics. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises artificial selection? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/e4/) — Ascertain the reason for which influenza vaccines are revised annually. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [278. 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