--- title: Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mountains and deserts — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · World description: The 17 test and exam questions of lesson 50 «Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mountains and deserts» 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/50-why-the-earth-is-so/) [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/) / Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mo… # Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mountains and deserts The 17 questions of lesson 50 «Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mountains and deserts» of the world course of Mova's primary school with their options, 90 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/50-why-the-earth-is-so/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/50-why-the-earth-is-so/t1/) — Lake A has rivers flowing in but none flowing out, and it is in a hot dry land. Lake B has a river flowing out to the sea. Which lake is more likely to be salty? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/50-why-the-earth-is-so/t2/) — A climber starts at 1,000 metres where it is 20 degrees, and climbs to 3,000 metres. About what temperature should she expect? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/50-why-the-earth-is-so/t3/) — A hot-air balloon rises and the passengers are getting cold, though they are getting a little closer to the Sun. Why? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/50-why-the-earth-is-so/t4/) — A wet wind blows from the sea over a high mountain range. Where will the green forests most likely be? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/50-why-the-earth-is-so/t5/) — Which is true? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/50-why-the-earth-is-so/t6/) — Seattle is on the Pacific coast, and Minneapolis, about as far north, lies far inland. Which is most likely true? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/50-why-the-earth-is-so/t7/) — If the Sun stopped evaporating water from the oceans, what would happen to the rivers after some time? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/50-why-the-earth-is-so/t8/) — Why does the Mississippi flow south to the Gulf of Mexico and not north? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/50-why-the-earth-is-so/t9/) — Which shows that being nearer the Sun is NOT what makes a place warm? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/50-why-the-earth-is-so/t10/) — if mountains are closer to the sun why's there snow on top — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/50-why-the-earth-is-so/t11/) — rivers keep pouring into the sea, why doesn't it overflow — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/50-why-the-earth-is-so/t12/) — my sister says Antarctica can't be a desert cos it's all ice. true? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/50-why-the-earth-is-so/t13/) — Liam reckons the sea is salty cos fish make the salt. right? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/50-why-the-earth-is-so/e1/) — Identify the principal reason for which the sea does not overflow. — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/50-why-the-earth-is-so/e2/) — State the approximate fall in air temperature for every thousand metres of ascent. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/50-why-the-earth-is-so/e3/) — Which of the following is designated by the term rain shadow? — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/50-why-the-earth-is-so/e4/) — Identify the principal reason for which coastal places have milder winters. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [49. Map reading puzzles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/49-map-puzzles/) - next →: [51. Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and magnets](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/51-forces/) - ↑ back to [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/)