--- title: Spider-Man: real spider senses, climbing and bites — how Mova does on the tests · Biology description: Lesson 148 of the biology course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 11 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/) / 148 # Spider-Man: real spider senses, climbing and bites **Tests:** 6 of 11 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 11 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 148 of the biology course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/). Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} «2 spiders on the ceiling, how many eyes are watching me then» - **1.** 12 — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** 16 — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** 8 — no support - **4.** 4 — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} «Peter got bitten and got powers, so if a spider bites me I'll get powers right» What is right? - **1.** No, a bite cannot give powers; most bites are harmless or just swell a little — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **2.** No, because spiders cannot bite people at all; their fangs are much too soft — score 3 - **3.** Yes, if you get bitten by enough spiders — score 1 - **4.** Yes, but only from a tarantula — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 148, line 1: «Peter Parker is bitten by a spider and gets climbing, a «spider sense» and super strength. A real bite gives nobody powers, but real spiders do have amazing ve…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+5); the same doer «real bite» (+3); the same thing acted on «nobody powers» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} In a cartoon a spider lifts a truck. What is real? - **1.** Spiders are weaker than any other animal — no support - **2.** Spiders get stronger and stronger the bigger they grow, with no limit at all — score 5 - **3.** Spiders are strong for their size, but a giant spider would struggle with its own weight — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **4.** Spiders really can lift trucks — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 148, line 15: «Small animals are strong for their size, but a spider blown up to human size would struggle to hold up its own weight, because weight grows much faster than mu…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same circumstance (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} «spider came up the plughole again, gross» What is more likely? - **1.** It fell in or came from outside and couldn't climb out of the slippery bath — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** Spiders live down in the drains and climb up the pipes every night to drink — score 2 - **3.** Spiders are attracted to bath water — no support - **4.** The water pushes them up the pipes — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 148, line 13: «Spiders struggle on very smooth, wet surfaces, so a spider in the bath usually fell in or came from outside, not up the drain.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «fall in» (+2); the same doer «spider» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} What would happen if a jumping spider forgot its safety line and missed the fly? - **1.** Its web would catch it automatically — score 1 - **2.** It would fly back up — score 1 - **3.** It would land on the fly anyway — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **4.** It would fall with nothing to stop it — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 128, line 7: «The best-supported idea is that stripes keep away biting flies; in experiments, horses in striped coats got far fewer flies landing on them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same action «land» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} «keeper's got a massive hairy tarantula on her hand, she's mad, it'll kill her» What is right? - **1.** Yes, tarantulas jump at every hand they see and bite it as hard as they can — score 2 - **2.** Yes, a tarantula bite kills in seconds — no support - **3.** Tarantulas are mostly gentle; a bite is usually like a bee sting — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **4.** No, tarantulas have no fangs at all — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 148, line 11: «Tarantulas are mostly gentle; their bite is usually no worse than a bee sting, and some flick itchy hairs to defend themselves.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+4); the same doer «tarantulas» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7} «spiders have 8 eyes so they must see amazing» What is right? - **1.** Yes, all spiders see better than eagles — no support - **2.** No, spiders have no eyes — score 7 - **3.** Many see poorly and rely on touch and vibration — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11 - **4.** Yes, they can see in every direction perfectly, even in the dark — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 11, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 148, line 12: «Most spiders have eight eyes, but many see poorly and rely on touch and vibration; some cave spiders have no eyes at all.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+5); the same doer «many» (+3); the same property (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} A fly buzzes behind a spider and the spider turns to face it without seeing it. How? - **1.** It smelled the fly's breath — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It saw the fly in a mirror — no support - **3.** It guessed by luck — no support - **4.** Its leg hairs felt the air moving — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} «wolf spider ran past with 100 babies on its back, about 5 fell off, how many left» - **1.** 5 — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** 95 — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** 105 — no support - **4.** 100 — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} «just squash every spider in the house, they're useless» Why might that be a bad idea? - **1.** Spiders eat flies, mosquitoes and other pests — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** Spiders keep the dust off by eating it from the floor — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** Spiders keep the house cool by fanning their legs — score 2 - **4.** Spiders scare away burglars by building webs across the door — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 147, line 7: «Orb weavers build a fresh round web, often every day or night, with a sticky spiral across strong spokes, and many eat the old web to recycle the silk.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} A jumping spider follows your finger with its front eyes without turning its body. How? - **1.** It is listening, not looking — no support - **2.** It has eyes on stalks like a snail — no support - **3.** Its main eyes can swivel inside its head — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11 - **4.** It moves its whole head in a circle — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 148, line 8: «Jumping spiders hunt by sight with two big front eyes; many see colour, and their main eyes can swivel inside the head.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «swivel» (+5); the same doer «main eyes» (+3); the same place «head» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Identify the mechanism by which many spiders adhere to vertical surfaces of glass. - **1.** Numerous minute hairs upon the feet exploit very small attractive forces between molecules — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The negligible weight of the animal, which precludes any possibility of falling from a surface — no support - **3.** The deposition of adhesive silk upon each footstep — no support - **4.** Suction cups upon the feet in the manner of an octopus — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the bite of a spider in relation to human beings. - **1.** Such bites invariably confer exceptional strength and agility upon the person bitten — no support - **2.** Such bites are in all cases fatal — no support - **3.** Such bites are in most cases harmless and cannot confer any extraordinary capacity — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **4.** Spiders are anatomically incapable of biting — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 148, line 10: «A spider bite cannot give anyone powers; most spider venom is made for killing insects, not people, so most bites are harmless or cause a little swelling, and…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+4); the same doer «most bites» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the sense by which a spider detects nearby movement of air? - **1.** The spider detects such movement solely by sight — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** Fine hairs upon the legs register minute currents of air and their direction — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** A sixth sense enables the spider to foresee danger — no support - **4.** Concealed ears within the head receive the faint sound of anything that approaches the animal — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 120, line 8: «Many small animals freeze first and run second, because many hunters notice movement more than shape; mice even avoid the smell of cats they have never met.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «notice» (+2); the same thing acted on «movement» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Ascertain the consequence of enlarging a spider to the dimensions of a human being. - **1.** The animal's strength would increase in exact proportion to its weight, so it would remain equally capable — no support - **2.** The animal would become capable of flight — no support - **3.** The animal would be capable of lifting buildings — no support - **4.** The animal would struggle to support its own weight, strength increasing more slowly than weight — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 148, line 15: «Small animals are strong for their size, but a spider blown up to human size would struggle to hold up its own weight, because weight grows much faster than mu…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hold up» (+5); the same thing acted on «own weight» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/e4/) - ← previous: [147. Spider-Man: real spider silk and webs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/147-spider-man-real-spider-silk-and-webs/) - next →: [149. Myth check: are elephants scared of mice?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/) - ↑ back to [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/)