--- title: Day and night, shadows and sundials — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · World description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 118 «Day and night, shadows and sundials» of the world 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / Day and night, shadows and sundials # Day and night, shadows and sundials The 15 questions of lesson 118 «Day and night, shadows and sundials» of the world course of Mova's primary school with their options, 92 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/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/t1/) — Mila's brother: "The Sun goes to bed, duh." ("Duh" means that's obvious.) Dad: "Nah, we're the ones turning." Who's right? — wrong ✗ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/t2/) — Josh at 6 pm: "Bruh, my shadow's grown, I'm a giant now!" ("Bruh" means mate.) What really happened? — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/t3/) — Ollie's mate, in Leeds in July: "Your sundial's busted, mate, it says 1 and my watch says 2." What's going on? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/t4/) — Leo kicks his sundial on a grey day: "Useless piece of junk!" What's true? — wrong ✗ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/t5/) — Jade, in London: "Why's it pitch black at half four in December when it's light at 9 in June?" — wrong ✗ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/t6/) — Freya, from south London: "My cousin in Norway plays footy at midnight in June, bare light out there." ("Bare" means loads of.) Is that possible? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/t7/) — Nathan's friend in Glasgow: "Sunset at 7 every day of the year? Dinnae talk mince." ("Dinnae talk mince" is Scots for don't talk rubbish.) Who's right? — right ✓ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/t8/) — What would happen if the Earth stopped spinning but still went round the Sun? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/t9/) — Ava's gran, at 5 am: "Up with the larks, are we?" What does she mean? — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/t10/) — A cartoon shows the Sun on a little track, driving round the Earth each day. Put it right. — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/t11/) — Kofi's dad: "Up at sparrow's, mate, no whinging." ("Whinging" means moaning.) Kofi: "What's a sparrow got to do with it?" Best answer? — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/e1/) — Identify the principal reason for the alternation of day and night. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the length of shadows. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/e3/) — Given that British Summer Time is in force, ascertain the time indicated by a watch when a sundial indicates one o'clock in the afternoon. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the duration of daylight at the equator? — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [117. Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and J…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/117-other-calendars/) - next →: [119. The Moon's month and the year round the Sun](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/119-moon-month-and-year/) - ↑ back to [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/)