--- title: The night sky and outdoor myths — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 240 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 7 of 18 tests right, exam 2 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/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/) / 240 # The night sky and outdoor myths **Tests:** 7 of 18 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 15 of 22 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 240 of the everyday 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/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/). 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/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/). ### Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} A girl in Tasmania sees green and pink light rippling in the southern sky at night. What is she seeing? - **1.** Lights from a ship far out at sea — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** A shooting star — score 4 - **3.** The southern lights — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** A rainbow at night — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 106, line 4: «For example, a girl in Florida who sees a fuzzy green spot on the bread throws the whole loaf away, because mould spreads threads you cannot see.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+3); the same doer «girl» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Your little brother makes a wish on a shooting star and says it is a star falling. What can you tell him? - **1.** It is the Moon throwing out sparks as it turns round — no support - **2.** It is a plane flying very fast and very high up — no support - **3.** It is a real star that has fallen all the way down to Earth — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **4.** It is a tiny space rock burning up in the air — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 127, line 6: «A boy in Ohio talked with his mouth full and laughed at the same time; a piece of food went down the wrong way, and he choked until an adult helped him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «go down» (+3); the same doer «piece» (+2). The right option, 4, 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/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Which statement is a myth? - **1.** Deadly mushrooms can look nice — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** You must wait a full hour after any snack before swimming — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** A honeybee usually dies after stinging a person — no support - **4.** Rubbing frozen skin can damage it — 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/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t4} A wasp stings you once. What is true? - **1.** It cannot sting a second person — score 0 - **2.** It can sting again, because wasps do not die after stinging — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **3.** It will drop dead straight away, just like every honeybee does — no support - **4.** Its sting stays stuck in your skin — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 240, line 15: «Wasps and bumblebees can sting more than once and do not die.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «die» (+5); the same doer «wasps» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t5} A friend says, «This mushroom is safe, it smells lovely.» What is the best reply? - **1.** Let us taste a small bit first to check it — no support - **2.** Deadly mushrooms can smell and taste nice, so we never eat wild ones — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** Let us cook it for a long time, because cooking will make it safe — no support - **4.** If it smells lovely, it must be safe to eat — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 240, line 16: «You cannot tell a safe mushroom by how it looks or smells; deadly mushrooms can look, smell and taste nice, so never eat wild ones.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «taste» (+3); the same doer «deadly mushrooms» (+2); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} A boy in Alberta has numb, white cheeks after a cold walk. What should his family do? - **1.** Rub his cheeks hard with clean snow — **← Mova's choice** · score 10 - **2.** Send him back outside to get used to it — no support - **3.** Warm his cheeks slowly indoors — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** Put his face near a hot fire at once — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 61, line 5: «A girl in Colorado meets a strange cat on the sidewalk. She holds a finger out low and waits; the cat sniffs it and rubs its cheek on her hand, and only then d…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «cheek» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «rub» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} On a beach in Queensland, a boy is stung by a jellyfish. Someone shouts «Pee on it!» What is better? - **1.** Rub wet sand into the sting hard to get it out — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Follow local first aid and get a lifeguard — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Pee on it, because that always works on stings — no support - **4.** Ignore it, because all jellyfish stings are harmless — 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/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t8} Why do the northern lights appear near the poles and not over Florida? - **1.** Ice at the poles shines light up into the sky — no support - **2.** The poles are much colder, and very cold air always glows on its own in the dark — score 5 - **3.** The Sun's particles are pulled towards the poles, where they make the air glow — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **4.** Florida is far too close to the Sun for the lights to be able to form over it at night — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 240, line 12: «Particles from the Sun are pulled towards the poles and make the air glow there, and that glow is the northern and southern lights.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pull» (+4); the same place «poles» (+3); the same thing acted on «particles» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} saw a shooting star!! is that a star falling - **1.** Yes, it's a star dying n falling to bits — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** No, it's a bit of space rock burning up — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **3.** It's an aeroplane light flashing as it flies past — no support - **4.** Yes, a whole star just fell out of the sky — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 240, line 8: «A shooting star is a small piece of space rock burning up high in the air, not a star.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «small piece» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} just ate a sandwich, mum says wait an hour b4 swimming. true? - **1.** Yes, or you'll get a cramp n sink straight away — no support - **2.** Wait two hours to be totally safe, an hour isn't enough — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** Yes, exactly sixty minutes — no support - **4.** No, a snack is fine, just not when very full or tired — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 73, line 18: «Acidic drinks like orange juice soften the tooth enamel for a while, so you brush before breakfast or wait about an hour after it before brushing.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same action «wait» (+1). The right option, 4, 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/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t11} touched a toad, will i get warts now - **1.** No, warts come from a human virus, just wash your hands — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **2.** Yes, on the hand that touched it, in about a week — no support - **3.** Yes, toads cause warts — score 7 - **4.** Only if it was a big toad with lots of bumps on it — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 240, line 19: «Touching a toad does not give you warts, because warts are caused by a human virus, but wash your hands after touching any animal.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wash» (+5); the same thing acted on «hands» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} jellyfish sting, my mate says wee on it - **1.** Yes, and rub sand on it — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** No, wee doesn't help, use local first aid — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Only if it really really hurts, then it works — no support - **4.** Yes, wee stops the sting straight away — 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/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} eclipse today, gonna look with sunglasses - **1.** Only for a second or two, that's safe — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yes, dark sunglasses work fine — no support - **3.** No, only use proper eclipse glasses — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yes, if you blink a lot — 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/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t14} Why is moss a bad guide for finding north? - **1.** It grows only on dead trees — score 6 - **2.** It grows wherever it is damp and shady, on any side — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **3.** It is only wrong in the summer, when it grows faster — score 6 - **4.** It only ever grows on the south side of trees — score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 240, line 21: «Old sayings like "moss grows on the north side" are not reliable ways to find your way, because moss grows wherever it is damp and shady, on any side of a tree.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grow» (+4); the same place «side» (+3); the same doer «moss» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/t14/) ### Test 15 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t15} wanna walk home alone in the dark to see the stars - **1.** Yes, the stars are bright enough to see by — score -1 - **2.** No, go with an adult, it's hard to see dangers — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **3.** Yes, with a torch — no support - **4.** Only if it's warm out n not raining — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 228, line 12: «Go home before dark or stay with your grown-up, because in the dark it is harder to see dangers and to be seen.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+5); the same thing acted on «dangers» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/t15/) ### Test 16 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t16} did u hear a kid stared at the eclipse with no glasses and now he can't see properly? real lesson? - **1.** Never look at the Sun, even in an eclipse — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **2.** Look only for a few seconds — no support - **3.** Sunglasses make it safe — no support - **4.** Eclipses are safe to look at — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 240, line 20: «Looking at the Sun, even during an eclipse (when the Moon passes in front of the Sun), can damage your eyes for good; sunglasses are not enough, only proper ec…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+2). 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/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/t16/) ### Test 17 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t17} apparently my cousin's friend got stung by a jellyfish and they weed on it and it got better straight away. true lesson? - **1.** Rub sand on it hard instead, that's how you get all the stingers out — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Wee always cures a sting — no support - **3.** Wee works, but only if it's fresh and you do it in the first minute — no support - **4.** Wee doesn't help and can make it worse; follow local first aid — **✓ 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/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/t17/) ### Test 18 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t18} my mate swears he got warts from picking up a toad. probably just a myth? - **1.** No, only if you kiss it — no support - **2.** No, toads always give warts — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** Yes, warts come from a human virus, not toads — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** No, but only frogs give warts — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 240, line 19: «Touching a toad does not give you warts, because warts are caused by a human virus, but wash your hands after touching any animal.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «warts» (+3); the same action «give» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, 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/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/t18/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Identify the nature of a shooting star. - **1.** A small piece of space rock burning up high in the air — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** A satellite exploding in orbit high above the atmosphere — no support - **3.** A star falling towards the Earth — no support - **4.** A spark thrown off from the surface of the Moon — 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/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the honeybee upon stinging a person? - **1.** It loses no part of itself — score 4 - **2.** It may sting repeatedly without any harm to itself — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **3.** It becomes more aggressive and proceeds to sting again — score 5 - **4.** Its barbed sting lodges in the skin and it usually dies — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 30, line 19: «An animal in pain may bite even a person it loves.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «person» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning frostbitten skin. - **1.** It is left exposed to the cold until the feeling returns — no support - **2.** It is warmed slowly and is never rubbed with snow — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** It is rubbed vigorously with snow — score 6 - **4.** It is placed at once in very hot water — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 240, line 5: «Example: a boy in Alaska tells his friend not to rub snow on her frozen cheeks. Rubbing damages frostbitten skin; she should warm it slowly instead.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «rub» (+5); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Ascertain the cause of the northern and southern lights. - **1.** Lightning storms high above the clouds — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Particles from the Sun cause the air near the poles to glow — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Moonlight reflected from polar ice — no support - **4.** Fires burning in the far north — 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/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/e4/) - ← previous: [239. Litter and caring for nature](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/) - next →: [241. Safe toys for you and little ones](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/241-safe-toys/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)