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title: Ships, ports and submarines — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Technology
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 24 «Ships, ports and submarines» of the technology 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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# Ships, ports and submarines

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The 15 questions of lesson 24 «Ships, ports and submarines» of the technology course of Mova's primary school with their options, 79 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/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/t1/) — «a steel ship floats coz steel floats in salt water, simple» What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/t2/) — Lily squashes her clay boat into a ball and puts it back in the bowl. What happens? — right ✓ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/t3/) — «let's play tag on the harbour wall, way more fun than the beach» What is the answer? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/t4/) — What would happen if a submarine's tanks could not be emptied of water? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/t5/) — «ugh, why do all the containers look the same, so boring» What is the smart answer? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/t6/) — In a pirate film, the captain steers by the lighthouse, but every lighthouse along the coast flashes the same. What is wrong? — right ✓ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/t7/) — «the bridge? nah, we just climb on the lock gates to cross, it's faster» What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/t8/) — «that anchor's just a big hook, weighs like a bike, right» How heavy can a giant ship's anchor be? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/t9/) — «mate reckons lighthouses still have lonely keepers living in them» What is true for British lighthouses? — right ✓ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/t10/) — A fishing boat's screen shows a big blob halfway between the boat and the seabed. How did it see it? — right ✓ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/t11/) — Count them: a ferry carries 30 cars and 4 lorries. How many vehicles? — right ✓ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/e1/) — Identify the principal reason for which a vessel constructed of steel remains afloat, notwithstanding that a steel nail sinks. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the means whereby a submarine submerges and surfaces. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/e3/) — Ascertain the course of action recommended to a person who has fallen into cold water. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the operation of a canal lock? — right ✓ · exam

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