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title: The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · World
description: The 17 test and exam questions of lesson 7 «The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator» 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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# The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator

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The 17 questions of lesson 7 «The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator» of the world course of Mova's primary school with their options, 89 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/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/t1/) — A traveller flies east and keeps going without turning. What happens? — wrong ✗
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/t2/) — Which is true? — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/t3/) — Max stands on the beach and watches a sailing ship go away. What does he see last? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/t4/) — A country lies on the equator. What weather is most likely there? — wrong ✗
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/t5/) — Why do photographs from space show a round Earth? — right ✓
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/t6/) — A penguin lives near the South Pole. In which hemisphere does it live? — wrong ✗
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/t7/) — If you could walk around the equator at about 30 kilometres a day, how long would it take? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/t8/) — Which shows best that the Earth is round? — right ✓
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/t9/) — Where would you come out if you drilled from the North Pole straight through the Earth's centre? — right ✓
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/t10/) — how far round the world is it roughly — right ✓
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/t11/) — wots the equator again — right ✓
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/t12/) — a video said the Earth is flat and ships just get too small to see. true? — right ✓
- [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/t13/) — Leo says the South Pole is in the middle of a frozen ocean. right? — right ✓
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the figure of the Earth? — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/e2/) — State the approximate circumference of the Earth measured at the equator. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/e3/) — State the approximate proportion of the Earth's surface covered by water. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/e4/) — Identify which of the following observations constitutes evidence that the surface of the Earth is curved. — wrong ✗ · exam

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