--- title: Animals in the news: true stories, fakes and how to read t… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Biology description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 296 «Animals in the news: true stories, fakes and how to read them» 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/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/) [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/) / Animals in the news: true stories, fak… # Animals in the news: true stories, fakes and how to read them The 16 questions of lesson 296 «Animals in the news: true stories, fakes and how to read them» of the biology course of Mova's primary school with their options, 86 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/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/t1/) — «shark swimming down the high street after the flood!!! 1M shares» What is the smart thing to do? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/t2/) — «a cow's more dangerous than a shark? yeah right, sharks are in every headline» What is true? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/t3/) — Count them: a news photo shows 3 orcas next to a boat. How many tails and how many dorsal fins on their backs? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/t4/) — In Kung Fu Panda, Po's dad is a goose. A real panda mother is about 900 times heavier than her newborn. Why is that surprising? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/t5/) — «there's a dead gull on the beach, imma poke it with a stick and bring it home» What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/t6/) — A news story says «crow solves puzzle». What makes it most believable? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/t7/) — What does the Chornobyl story suggest about people and nature? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/t8/) — «they found a NEW species?? surely there's nothing left to find» What is true? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/t9/) — Count them: a pod of 5 pilot whales strands on a beach. How many tails and how many flippers do the rescuers keep wet, if each whale has 2 flippers? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/t10/) — What would happen if the Asian giant hornet had not been found and stopped in North America? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/t11/) — «orcas are hunting sailors off spain, it's war» What is the best correction? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/t12/) — «wildlife down 73%, so 3 out of 4 animals are dead» Why should you read numbers in the news carefully? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/e1/) — Identify the course of action consistent with established guidance where an animal has been reported as having escaped from a zoological garden. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning photographs of sharks in flooded streets. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the figure of approximately seventy-three per cent published in the Living Planet Index of 2024? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/e4/) — Ascertain the principal reason for which reports of attacks by animals upon persons attract extensive coverage. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [295. Animal myths put right: elephants and mice, lemm…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/295-animal-myths-put-right-elephants-and-mice-lemmings-ostriches-and-goldfish/) - next →: [297. The future of life: de-extinction, climate, cora…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/297-the-future-of-life-de-extinction-climate-coral-and-frozen-zoos/) - ↑ back to [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/)