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title: The candle and what burning is — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Chemistry
description: The 14 test and exam questions of lesson 11 «The candle and what burning is» of the chemistry 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 candle and what burning is

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The 14 questions of lesson 11 «The candle and what burning is» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school with their options, 77 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/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/t1/) — Your friend blows out a candle, a grown-up brings a match to the smoke, and the candle relights. Why? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/t2/) — The class video says: "The water rises in the jar because exactly the oxygen is used up." What is missing? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/t3/) — "why don't gas hobs leave black crap on pans but candles do on plates" Best answer? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/t4/) — Why are you warm? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/t5/) — In a cartoon, a camper brings a glowing barbecue into the tent "to keep warm". What's wrong? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/t6/) — Your brother says a candle gets shorter because the wax "just melts and drips". What is the truth? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/t7/) — What would happen to a candle under a very small jar? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/t8/) — "steel wool burns but my spoon doesn't, they're both steel, wtf" Best answer? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/t9/) — A grown-up holds a cold spoon high above a candle and drops of water appear. Where do they come from? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/t10/) — Your little cousin asks how a trick candle "knows" to relight. Best answer? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the combustion of a candle? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/e2/) — Identify the principal reason for which a candle enclosed beneath a jar is extinguished. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/e3/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning respiration and combustion. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/e4/) — It is given that a charcoal barbecue has been introduced into an enclosed tent. Ascertain the principal hazard. — wrong ✗ · exam

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