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title: Phases, eclipses and tides — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Space
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 7 «Phases, eclipses and tides» of the space 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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# Phases, eclipses and tides

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The 16 questions of lesson 7 «Phases, eclipses and tides» of the space course of Mova's primary school with their options, 88 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/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/t1/) — teacher drew the phases as the Earth's shadow creeping over the Moon. is that right?? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/t2/) — Your friend says there's a solar eclipse at full Moon tonight. What is wrong? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/t3/) — The Moon looked like a thin smile lit on the right last night in Manchester. What will it do over the next week? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/t4/) — Harry plans to watch the eclipse with his mum's dark sunglasses. What should you tell him? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/t5/) — If the Moon's orbit were not tilted at all, what would happen? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/t6/) — Why can a Moon in a lunar eclipse look red instead of disappearing? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/t7/) — Gran: "It's March, so we'll get spring tides at the beach." What is the truth? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/t8/) — You go rockpooling at the Bristol Channel at a full Moon. What tide range should you expect? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/t9/) — A cartoon shows the sea going in only once a month. What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/t10/) — In a lunar eclipse, where is the Earth? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/t11/) — The Moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun but about 400 times closer. What does this neat coincidence allow? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/t12/) — mum: "tide's out, the Moon's not even up, so how's it the Moon's doing??" Best answer? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/e1/) — Identify the cause of the phases of the Moon. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/e2/) — Ascertain the phase of the Moon at which a solar eclipse may occur. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/e3/) — State the principal reason for which eclipses do not occur in every lunar month. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises spring tides? — wrong ✗ · exam

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