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title: Soil and what lives in it — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · World
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 63 «Soil and what lives in it» 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.
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# Soil and what lives in it

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The 16 questions of lesson 63 «Soil and what lives in it» of the world course of Mova's primary school with their options, 87 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/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/t1/) — A gardener pours a jug of water on two pots. The water runs out of one pot almost at once but stays on top of the other for a long time. Which pot has clay soil? — right ✓
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/t2/) — Which is true about a forest floor? — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/t3/) — A farmer ploughs a field on a slope and leaves it bare all winter. What is most likely to happen? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/t4/) — If all the decomposers in a wood disappeared, what would happen? — right ✓
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/t5/) — Why is it a problem when a flood carries away a field's topsoil? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/t6/) — A child digs a deep hole in a garden. The soil at the top is dark, lower down it is paler and stonier, and at the bottom there is rock. Why is the top darkest? — right ✓
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/t7/) — Which one does the most to keep soil airy and well drained in a garden? — right ✓
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/t8/) — A pupil puts banana peel and a plastic bag in a compost heap. After some months, what will he find? — wrong ✗
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/t9/) — why's there worms everywhere after rain, are they even good for the soil — right ✓
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/t10/) — our garden's clay and it stays soggy for ages, why — wrong ✗
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/t11/) — my sister says soil is just crushed up rock and nothing else. right? — wrong ✗
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/t12/) — Sam reckons if u dig up the plants the soil stays put no problem. true? — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises humus? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/e2/) — Identify the function performed by decomposers such as fungi, bacteria and earthworms. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/e3/) — It is given that one soil drains rapidly whilst another retains water and drains slowly. Determine the respective designations of these soils. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/e4/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the cause of soil erosion. — wrong ✗ · exam

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