--- title: Biology — a course of Mova's primary school, with trees and pragmatics · page 3 description: Living things and the places they live: habitats from the rainforest canopy to the desert, the Arctic, the ocean, coral reefs, rivers and marshes; plants, animals, food chains, the human body, growth, health and the cycles of life. 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[203](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/203-the-fish-tank-water-gills-heaters-and-the-right-neighbours/) — The fish tank: water, gills, heaters and the right neighbours — 14 sentences · Fish breathe the oxygen dissolved in water through their gills, and their droppings make waste that would po… - [204](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/204-goldfish-and-pond-fish-the-three-second-memory-myth/) — Goldfish and pond fish: the three-second memory myth — 16 sentences · People joke that a goldfish forgets everything after three seconds, so swimming round a bowl is always a new… - [205](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/205-budgies-and-canaries/) — Budgies and canaries — 15 sentences · Budgies, short for budgerigars, are small parrots from the dry grasslands of Australia, where they fly in hu… - [206](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives/) — Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long lives — 15 sentences · Parrots are some of the cleverest birds on Earth, and they live in groups where every bird must learn the so… - [207](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds/) — Horses and ponies: how they eat, see, sleep and live in herds — 14 sentences · A horse is a big, strong animal, but in the wild it was always someone's dinner, so almost everything about… - [208](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/208-hooves-riding-and-caring-for-a-horse-plus-donkeys-and-mules/) — Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus donkeys and mules — 15 sentences · When a farrier, a person who cares for horses' feet, nails a metal shoe onto it, the horse does not mind, ju… - [209](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth/) — Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth — 14 sentences · Grass is so tough that people cannot get any goodness from it at all, yet a cow turns it into milk and meat. - [210](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains/) — Pigs: mud, snouts and brains — 14 sentences · People call a messy room a pigsty, but pigs are among the cleanest and cleverest animals on the farm. - [211](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth/) — Sheep and goats: wool, flocks, climbers and the tin-can myth — 16 sentences · Sheep and goats are cousins that people have kept for about ten thousand years, but they live very different… - [212](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/212-chickens-eggs-pecking-order-and-living-dinosaurs/) — Chickens: eggs, pecking order and living dinosaurs — 15 sentences · Look closely at a chicken's scaly feet, sharp claws and beady eye as it stalks across the yard, and you are… - [213](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths/) — Ducks, geese and farm myths — 13 sentences · A duck can paddle about all day in a winter pond and come out with dry feathers and warm insides, and that i… - [214](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/214-hedgehogs-spines-hibernation-and-how-to-help-them/) — Hedgehogs: spines, hibernation and how to help them — 15 sentences · A hedgehog wears about five thousand spines, and each one is a stiff, hollow hair. - [215](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/215-foxes-and-squirrels/) — Foxes and squirrels — 15 sentences · Two wild animals live right next to us in parks and gardens, and both are cleverer than they look. - [216](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/216-garden-birds-robins-blackbirds-tits-and-feeders/) — Garden birds: robins, blackbirds, tits and feeders — 14 sentences · Start digging in a garden and a robin will often hop down beside your spade within minutes, because every tu… - [217](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/217-worms-snails-and-slugs/) — Worms, snails and slugs — 17 sentences · After a night of rain the lawn and the pavement are full of pink earthworms, and the paths are criss-crossed… - [218](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden/) — Bees and wasps in the garden — 19 sentences · On a sunny day a honeybee lands on a flower, drinks sweet nectar with its long tongue and flies off with yel… - [219](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds/) — Butterflies, moths and ladybirds — 18 sentences · A fat green caterpillar munches leaves for weeks, then hangs up and hardens into a chrysalis, and inside tha… - [220](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones/) — Spiders and other minibeasts under logs and stones — 18 sentences · On a misty autumn morning the garden is full of spider webs shining with dew, each one spun from silk that c… - [221](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs/) — Pigeons: head bobbing, homing and city cliffs — 15 sentences · The grey pigeons on every town square are the grandchildren of wild rock doves, birds that nest on sea cliff… - [222](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/222-rats-and-mice-in-the-city-and-the-elephant-and-mouse-myth/) — Rats and mice in the city, and the elephant and mouse myth — 17 sentences · Wherever people live, brown rats and house mice live too, in drains, sheds, walls and under floors, eating t… - [223](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water/) — Gulls: chip thieves, rain dances and salty water — 16 sentences · Anyone who has eaten chips on a seaside promenade knows the gull that swoops down and snatches one right out… - [224](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/) — Raccoons, opossums and skunks — 17 sentences · In a city like Toronto, a family may wake up to find the green bin open and rubbish all over the drive: a ra… - [225](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility/) — Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility — 17 sentences · When a family brings a dog home from a rescue centre, everyone is excited, but the dog is now counting on th… - [226](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/226-kindness-to-wild-animals/) — Kindness to wild animals — 14 sentences · Walking through a meadow, a family finds a baby deer curled up alone in the long grass and wants to rescue i… - [227](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/227-the-vet/) — The vet — 16 sentences · A vet is a doctor for animals, but unlike a children's doctor, a vet must know about dogs, cats, hamsters, h… - [228](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right/) — Cartoon pets and animal myths put right — 13 sentences · Cartoons are full of animals that talk, cook and win every chase, and that is fine, because they are stories… - [229](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/229-echolocation-how-bats-see-with-sound/) — Echolocation: how bats see with sound — 17 sentences · Shout «hello» in a big empty hall and a moment later the walls shout it back: that returning sound is an echo. - [230](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans/) — Echolocation in the sea and in people: dolphins, whales, swiftlets and clicking humans — 14 sentences · Bats are not the only animals that find their way with echoes; dolphins, many whales, some cave birds, shrew… - [231](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees/) — Electric senses: electric eels, sharks, the platypus bill and charged bees — 18 sentences · Every living animal makes tiny electric signals: each heartbeat and each twitch of a muscle sends out a weak… - [232](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes/) — Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turtles, ultraviolet bees, heat-seeing snakes, whiskers and lateral lines — 16 sentences · We have five well-known senses, but many animals have extra ones we can only imagine: they feel the Earth's… - [233](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots/) — Animal minds: clever crows, ravens, jays and parrots — 16 sentences · Their brains are small, but the nerve cells are packed very tightly, so a crow's walnut-sized brain holds ab… - [234](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/234-animal-minds-the-octopus-escape-artist-and-puzzle-solver/) — Animal minds: the octopus, escape artist and puzzle solver — 14 sentences · An octopus is a soft relative of snails and clams, yet it is one of the cleverest animals in the sea. - [235](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs/) — Animal minds: dolphins' names, orca grandmothers and whale songs — 17 sentences · Dolphins and whales are mammals that went back to the sea about 50 million years ago, and they took big, soc… - [236](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/236-animal-minds-elephants-memory-feelings-and-the-mouse-myth/) — Animal minds: elephants' memory, feelings and the mouse myth — 16 sentences · «An elephant never forgets» is an old saying, and like many old sayings it is partly true: elephants have ex… - [237](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice/) — Animal minds: what dogs and cats feel and understand (and do cats really chase mice?) — 15 sentences · Dogs and cats share our homes, so we think we know their minds, but scientists keep finding surprises with c… - [238](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/238-ants-colonies-queens-farmers-and-living-bridges/) — Ants: colonies, queens, farmers and living bridges — 16 sentences · One ant on its own is not very clever, but a colony of thousands works like one big animal that finds food,… - [239](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey/) — Bees: the waggle dance, the hive and honey — 17 sentences · A beehive on a summer day is a city of about 50,000 bees, and every bee in it has a job. - [240](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together/) — Wolves and teamwork: family packs, the alpha myth and hunting together — 13 sentences · A wild wolf pack is not a gang ruled by a fighting boss: it is a family, a mother and father wolf with their… - [241](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/241-team-players-and-partners-meerkats-naked-mole-rats-huddles-cleaners-and-lemmings/) — Team players and partners: meerkats, naked mole rats, huddles, cleaners (and do lemmings jump?) — 14 sentences · Some animals survive because they work as a team, like a football side where one keeps goal while the others… - [242](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/242-animal-builders-beavers-dams-and-lodges/) — Animal builders: beavers, dams and lodges — 16 sentences · A beaver is a builder with no tools at all: its teeth are the saw, its front paws are the hands, and its che… - [243](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/243-animal-builders-termite-mounds-weaver-birds-and-other-nest-makers/) — Animal builders: termite mounds, weaver birds and other nest makers — 16 sentences · In Africa, termites a few millimetres long build mounds taller than a grown man out of soil, spit and droppi… - [244](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk/) — Animal builders: spiders' webs and silk — 16 sentences · On an autumn morning a garden fence can glitter with a wheel of dew drops: that is an orb web, usually almos… - [245](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/245-more-builders-caddis-cases-paper-wasps-moles-apes-beds-and-sand-circles/) — More builders: caddis cases, paper wasps, moles, apes' beds and sand circles — 16 sentences · Look closely at a pond and you may see a tiny tube of stones walking along the bottom: inside is a caddis fl… - [246](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/246-defences-venom-in-snakes-jellyfish-scorpions-and-the-platypus/) — Defences: venom in snakes, jellyfish, scorpions and the platypus — 18 sentences · Venom is a poison that an animal pushes into another animal with fangs, a sting or a spine, like a tiny syri… - [247](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/247-defences-poison-warning-colours-and-mimics/) — Defences: poison, warning colours and mimics — 14 sentences · A poisonous animal does not bite you; it harms whoever eats it or touches it, so it is best for it if nobody… - [248](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/248-defences-skunks-porcupines-hedgehogs-and-armour/) — Defences: skunks, porcupines, hedgehogs and armour — 14 sentences · An animal that cannot run fast can still be very hard to eat: it can be spiky, smelly, or covered in armour… - [249](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/) — Defences: tricks and myths: playing dead, dropping tails, ink, and do ostriches bury their heads? — 14 sentences · Some animals escape not with spikes or poison but with a trick, like a magician who makes you look the wrong… - [250](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/250-plants-deeper-roots-and-how-they-drink-hold-and-push/) — Plants deeper: roots and how they drink, hold and push — 15 sentences · When you pull up a weed and a long white root slides out of the soil, you are holding the plant's anchor, it… - [251](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/251-plants-deeper-leaves-and-sunlight-how-a-tree-is-made-of-air/) — Plants deeper: leaves and sunlight, how a tree is made of air — 20 sentences · A leaf is a tiny food factory. - [252](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/252-plants-deeper-do-trees-talk-fungi-warning-smells-and-giant-clones/) — Plants deeper: do trees talk? Fungi, warning smells and giant clones — 19 sentences · Trees cannot walk, shout or run away, but they are not as silent as they look. - [253](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees/) — Plants deeper: the oldest, tallest and strangest trees — 18 sentences · Stand at the foot of a coast redwood in California and the people beside you look like ants: the tallest tre… - [254](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/254-plants-deeper-carnivorous-plants-that-count-slip-and-suck/) — Plants deeper: carnivorous plants that count, slip and suck — 18 sentences · Most plants get what they need from sunlight, air, water and soil, but some live in wet bogs where the soil… - [255](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/255-plants-deeper-poisonous-and-stinging-plants-and-staying-safe/) — Plants deeper: poisonous and stinging plants and staying safe — 17 sentences · A plant cannot run away from a hungry animal, so many plants defend themselves with stings, spines, burning… - [256](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life/) — The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life — 16 sentences · Every living thing is built from cells, tiny living bricks far too small to see with your eyes alone; you ar… - [257](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad/) — The microscopic world: bacteria, good and bad — 16 sentences · Bacteria are living things made of just one tiny cell, so small that hundreds could sit side by side across… - [258](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines/) — The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines — 17 sentences · A virus is far smaller than a bacterium, a tiny packet of instructions in a coat, often drawn like a ball wi… - [259](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/) — The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and other tiny creatures — 19 sentences · Scoop a clump of wet moss from a wall, squeeze a drop onto a slide, and you may meet a tardigrade, or water… - [260](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves/) — The human body deeper: the brain and nerves — 17 sentences · Your brain is a soft, wrinkly organ about 1.4 kilograms in an adult, made of about 86 billion nerve cells, e… - [261](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood/) — The human body deeper: the heart and blood in amazing numbers — 16 sentences · Your heart is a muscle about the size of your own fist, and it never takes a day off: it squeezes blood out… - [262](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/262-human-body-deeper-lungs-stomach-and-guts/) — The human body deeper: lungs, stomach and guts — 19 sentences · Under your lungs lies a dome of muscle called the diaphragm; when it pulls down, air rushes into your lungs,… - [263](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/263-human-body-deeper-bones-muscles-and-skin/) — The human body deeper: bones, muscles and skin — 19 sentences · Bones are not dead sticks like the skeleton in a classroom: they are alive, with blood vessels and cells tha… - [264](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/264-how-scientists-find-out-naturalists-darwin-the-microscope-and-wildlife-filming/) — How scientists find out: naturalists, Darwin, the microscope and wildlife filming — 16 sentences · Science about living things starts with looking very carefully: a girl in the park who draws a beetle in her… - [265](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms/) — Tyrannosaurus rex: what we really know, from teeth and dung to tiny arms — 14 sentences · Tyrannosaurus rex lived about 68 to 66 million years ago in western North America, and a grown one was about… - [266](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods/) — The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, Argentinosaurus and Brontosaurus — 17 sentences · The sauropods were the long-necked plant-eaters, the biggest animals that ever walked on land; Diplodocus wa… - [267](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs/) — Horns, frills, plates and clubs: Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus and the duck-bills — 15 sentences · Plant-eating dinosaurs could not run from every hunter, so many grew horns, frills, plates, spikes and clubs… - [268](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor/) — Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film mistakes — 15 sentences · In the films, raptors are as tall as a man, scaly, and clever enough to open doors, but the real Velocirapto… - [269](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/269-feathered-dinosaurs-archaeopteryx-to-chicken/) — Feathered dinosaurs: from Archaeopteryx to the chicken on your plate — 16 sentences · Birds are living dinosaurs: they come from small, feathered, meat-eating dinosaurs, so the drumstick on your… - [270](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/270-not-dinosaurs-pterosaurs-plesiosaurs-mosasaurs-mary-anning/) — Not dinosaurs at all: pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, mosasaurs and Mary Anning — 16 sentences · Toy boxes and cartoons call every big old reptile a dinosaur, but scientists have a rule: a dinosaur stood w… - [271](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/) — The asteroid: the day the dinosaurs died and who survived — 16 sentences · About 66 million years ago an asteroid about 10 kilometres wide, as wide as a big city, hit what is now Mexi… - [272](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/272-mammoths-and-the-ice-age-giants/) — Mammoths and the Ice Age giants: sabre-tooths, ground sloths and woolly rhinos — 17 sentences · In the cartoon «Ice Age» a mammoth, a sabre-toothed cat and a ground sloth travel together, and all three we… - [273](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea/) — Megalodon and the giants of the sea, past and present — 15 sentences · Megalodon was a giant shark, perhaps 15 to 20 metres long, with teeth up to 17 centimetres, bigger than a ch… - [274](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/274-terror-birds-moas-giant-insects-and-lost-giants/) — Terror birds, moas, giant insects and other lost giants — 16 sentences · After the dinosaurs, the world grew new giants: terror birds taller than a man with beaks like axes, moas ta… - [275](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/275-fossils-how-a-living-thing-turns-to-stone-and-how-we-dig-it-up/) — Fossils: how a living thing turns to stone and how we dig it up — 17 sentences · A fossil is a living thing, or a mark it made, that was kept in rock: a shell, a bone, a leaf, a footprint,… - [276](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/276-how-old-is-it-rock-layers-rock-clocks-amber-and-the-long-story-of-life/) — How old is it? Rock layers, rock clocks, amber and the long story of life — 16 sentences · Look at the stripes in a cliff: each stripe is a layer of mud, sand or ash that settled on top of the one be… - [277](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell/) — DNA simply: the recipe in every cell — 18 sentences · Almost every cell in your body carries a copy of the same long recipe book, called DNA, and it is shaped lik… - [278](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/) — Evolution: why giraffes really have long necks — 16 sentences · An old idea said giraffes stretched their necks to reach high leaves and then passed the longer necks to the… - [279](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/279-natural-selection-we-can-watch-moths-finches-germs-and-tuskless-elephants/) — Natural selection we can watch: moths, finches, germs and tuskless elephants — 15 sentences · Natural selection is usually slow, but sometimes we can watch it happen within a few years or decades, like… - 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