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title: How plants grow: seeds, light, water and air — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Biology
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 56 «How plants grow: seeds, light, water and air» 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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# How plants grow: seeds, light, water and air

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The 15 questions of lesson 56 «How plants grow: seeds, light, water and air» of the biology course of Mova's primary school with their options, 78 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/56-how-plants-grow/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/56-how-plants-grow/t1/) — mia reckons plants eat soil to grow. right? — right ✓
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/56-how-plants-grow/t2/) — Van Helmont's willow gained about 74 kg in five years, but the soil lost only a few grams. Where did the weight come from? — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/56-how-plants-grow/t3/) — What would happen if you turned the bean jar upside down after the root had started? — right ✓
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/56-how-plants-grow/t4/) — What would happen if you turned the cress pot round every day? — wrong ✗
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/56-how-plants-grow/t5/) — Where does almost all the oxygen we breathe come from? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/56-how-plants-grow/t6/) — In a cartoon a giant plant swallows the hero whole. Can any real plant eat a person? — wrong ✗
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/56-how-plants-grow/t7/) — Why might a plant that lives in poor soil start eating insects? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/56-how-plants-grow/t8/) — Why does a potato in a dark cupboard grow long pale shoots? — right ✓
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/56-how-plants-grow/t9/) — My plant's all floppy, no wait, it's the lettuce on the table. why's it gone like that? — right ✓
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/56-how-plants-grow/t10/) — If you painted a line on a tree trunk, would it move up as the tree grows? — right ✓
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/56-how-plants-grow/t11/) — How would you test whether cress needs warmth to grow? — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/56-how-plants-grow/e1/) — Identify the process by which green plants manufacture sugar from light, water and carbon dioxide. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/56-how-plants-grow/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the origin of the mass of a mature tree? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/56-how-plants-grow/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning cress cultivated in total darkness. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/56-how-plants-grow/e4/) — It is given that an investigator wishes to ascertain whether warmth is necessary for germination. Determine the variable to be altered. — wrong ✗ · exam

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