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title: The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Biology
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 83 «The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth» 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 elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth

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The 15 questions of lesson 83 «The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth» of the biology course of Mova's primary school with their options, 82 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/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/t1/) — In a cartoon an elephant screams and climbs on a chair when a mouse runs in. What would you fix? — right ✓
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/t2/) — 4 elephants in the house. how many trunks and how many ears altogether — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/t3/) — «just put 'em on concrete, way easier to hose down» What would happen? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/t4/) — Dumbo flies by flapping his huge ears. What do real elephant ears do? — right ✓
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/t5/) — «why's the grandma in charge, the big bull's way stronger» What is right? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/t6/) — What would happen to elephant numbers if many adults were killed? — right ✓
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/t7/) — A herd has 3 mothers, 2 aunts and 4 calves. How many legs are there in the herd? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/t8/) — «elephant poo's just rubbish, yeah?» What does the zoo do with it? — right ✓
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/t9/) — You feel a deep shaking through the floor but hear almost nothing. What could it be? — wrong ✗
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/t10/) — Which is true about the elephant you see swimming with only the tip of its trunk out? — wrong ✗
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/t11/) — An elephant with small ears and a rounded back is in front of you. Which kind is it most likely? — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/e1/) — Identify the principal function of the matriarch within an elephant herd. — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the reaction of elephants to mice. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/e3/) — Determine the principal reason for which modern elephant houses are furnished with deep sand floors. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/e4/) — It is given that the gestation of the elephant is the longest of any land animal. State its approximate duration. — right ✓ · exam

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