--- title: Climate: hot summers and hot arguments — how Mova does on the tests · Politics description: Lesson 21 of the politics course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 12 tests right, exam 1 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/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/) / 21 # Climate: hot summers and hot arguments **Tests:** 6 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 10 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 21 of the politics 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/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/). 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/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/). ### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1} A girl in London says: «it snowed bare last week, so global warming's a lie, innit». What is the best reply? - **1.** Global warming means it can't snow anywhere — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** One snowy week doesn't change the world's average over many years — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Snow only falls when there is no climate — no support - **4.** Right, a week of snow proves the planet is cooling — 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/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/t1/) ### Test 2 · wrong ✗ {#t2} An American kid says: «my cousin says EVs are mid and gas trucks are bussin', who's right fr?» Which answer is fair? - **1.** Nobody anywhere disagrees about cars — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Electric cars suit every family perfectly, whatever trips they make and whatever they cost — no support - **3.** Petrol trucks give off no warming gas — no support - **4.** Each has pluses and minuses; it depends on cost, trips and pollution — **✓ 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/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/t2/) ### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3} What would happen if every country kept its Paris promises? - **1.** The world would quickly get colder than it was in the Ice Age — no support - **2.** Nothing at all would ever change — no support - **3.** Warming would be smaller than if the promises were broken — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** Weather would stop happening — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 12: «When people feel strongly they often exaggerate; countries go on after elections, and power passing peacefully from one side to the other is a normal part of d…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pass» (+4). 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/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/t3/) ### Test 4 · right ✓ {#t4} Ethan's grandad in Brisbane grumbles: «bloody solar's useless after dark, mate. Who keeps the lights on then? Coal.» What is the fair reply? - **1.** Coal power gives off no warming gas — no support - **2.** Solar panels work just as well at night — no support - **3.** At night solar needs batteries or other power, and people argue how fast to switch — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** Batteries can never store electricity — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 5: «People grumble about prices in their own words: a Canadian says a coffee "costs a loonie more" (a loonie is a one-dollar coin) and orders a "double-double" (co…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «people» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/t4/) ### Test 5 · right ✓ {#t5} A cartoon shows a cow burping a black storm cloud that sets a town on fire at once. What is the true version? - **1.** Cow burps add methane, an invisible warming gas, slowly over years — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** Cow burps are thick black smoke — no support - **3.** One burp can heat a whole town at once and start fires straight away — no support - **4.** Cows breathe out cold air that cools the planet — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 21, line 14: «Cows burp methane, a strong warming gas; New Zealand planned to charge farmers for it, then delayed the plan after farmers objected, it was reported.», 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 thing acted on «gas» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/t5/) ### Test 6 · right ✓ {#t6} A boy in Dublin says: «Finn, ya eejit, net zero means no cars at all, sure it does.» Is he right? - **1.** Yes, every car must be scrapped by tomorrow — no support - **2.** It means the temperature in the whole country must be kept at zero degrees — no support - **3.** It means nobody may use electricity — no support - **4.** No, it means warming gas put out is balanced by gas taken back in — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 21, line 13: «Net zero means putting no more warming gas into the air than is taken out; Ireland, the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have aimed for it by about 2050.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «net» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/t6/) ### Test 7 · wrong ✗ {#t7} Under the soup video someone writes: «those soup people are clowns, the painting's toast». What was reported? - **1.** The painting was destroyed completely and could never be shown again — no support - **2.** The soup was really paint remover, so the colours came off — no support - **3.** The painting was behind glass and was not damaged — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The painting was in Paris, not London, so the video was fake — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 3: «But a joke can turn into a lie once it loses its label, a six-second clip can hide what came before and after, and a computer can now make a fake video that lo…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fake video» (+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/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/t7/) ### Test 8 · wrong ✗ {#t8} Priya says: «Mum, Greta skipped school, so I can bunk off on Fridays too, yeah?» Which statement is fair? - **1.** People disagree: some say young people should protest, others that school comes first — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Greta never went to school at all — no support - **3.** Everyone agrees that all children must strike on Fridays instead of going to school — no support - **4.** Skipping school is the law in Sweden — **← Mova's choice** · score 10 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 21, line 5: «Words from the scenes: «bare» (London) = lots, «innit» = isn't it; «mid» (US kids) = so-so, «bussin'» = really good, «fr» = for real; «eejit» (Ireland) = idiot…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «school» (+6); the same action «skip» (+4). The right option, 1, 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/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/t8/) ### Test 9 · right ✓ {#t9} At the barbecue in Alberta the cousin snaps: «oil's killing the planet, end of.» What is the fairest reply? - **1.** Oil is made fresh every day, so it never runs out — no support - **2.** Oil has nothing at all to do with warming, so the cousin is simply wrong and should stop — no support - **3.** Oil workers want the planet to warm — no support - **4.** Oil warms the planet, and it also gives families jobs, so people argue about the change — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 21, line 11: «Coal, oil and gas, called fossil fuels, give many people jobs and heat homes, and they are also the main source of the warming gases.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+1); the same doer «coal» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «jobs» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/t9/) ### Test 10 · right ✓ {#t10} A kid in New Zealand says: «chur, but why'd everyone roast Aroha about cow burps?» What is the kind way to see it? - **1.** Only New Zealand has climate change — no support - **2.** Cows don't burp, so the lesson was wrong — no support - **3.** Farmers are to blame for all the world's weather, so Aroha deserved to be roasted — no support - **4.** Her family's farm feeds people; the issue is about farming, not about her — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 14: «Big problems like wars are not a child's responsibility; kids can help in small ways, like being kind, learning or giving to a charity with a grown-up.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same action «give» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/t10/) ### Test 11 · right ✓ {#t11} Aisha's uncle in Sydney says: «heaps of smoke this arvo, sky's gone orange, it's 'cos nobody cleared the leaves, yeah nah?» What is the fair answer? - **1.** Bushfires only happen in winter — no support - **2.** The sky turns orange because of the Moon — no support - **3.** Dry fuel matters, and hotter, drier years make fires worse too — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** Only clearing matters; the weather plays no part — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 21, line 4: «Each side has its best case. Some say act fast, because waiting makes it worse and costlier; others say go carefully, because jobs, bills and reliable power ma…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same property (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/t11/) ### Test 12 · wrong ✗ {#t12} What would it mean if, after a record hot day, it was cold all next week? - **1.** It would prove that the climate was cooling fast, all over the world — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It would mean the record was fake — no support - **3.** It would mean summer was cancelled — no support - **4.** It would still be weather; climate is the average over many years — **✓ 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/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Select the response that is consistent with the established distinction between weather and climate. - **1.** The two terms are wholly synonymous in scientific usage — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Weather denotes conditions in summer, whereas climate denotes conditions in winter — no support - **3.** Climate denotes conditions on a single day, whereas weather denotes the conditions prevailing over a century or more — no support - **4.** Weather denotes conditions on a given day, whereas climate denotes the prevailing conditions of a place over thirty years or more — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Identify the principal cause, as widely reported by scientists, of the rise in the Earth's average temperature. - **1.** A depletion of the Earth's supply of rainfall — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The influence of volcanic activity upon the Moon — no support - **3.** A reduction in the distance between the Earth and the Sun — no support - **4.** The combustion of coal, oil and gas — **✓ 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/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} State the commitment undertaken by the signatories to the Paris Agreement of 2015. - **1.** To abolish every petrol vehicle and every power station in every member state within a single year — no support - **2.** To guarantee that no snow shall fall in any member state — no support - **3.** To relocate all power stations to the city of Paris — no support - **4.** To endeavour to hold warming well below two degrees, and ideally to one and a half — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 21, line 12: «In 2015 almost every country signed the Paris Agreement, promising to try to keep warming well under 2 degrees and ideally 1.5; news reports say the world is n…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «warm» (+3); the same place «2 degrees» (+2); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term «net zero»? - **1.** A condition in which no electricity whatsoever is consumed — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A condition in which emissions of warming gas do not exceed the quantity removed from the atmosphere — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** A condition in which no trees whatsoever are planted — no support - **4.** A condition in which the national temperature is maintained at zero degrees — 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/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/e4/) - ← previous: [20. Healthcare: who pays when you are ill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/20-healthcare-who-pays-when-you-are-ill/) - next →: [22. Guns, school safety and arguments about schools](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/22-guns-school-safety-and-arguments-about-schools/) - ↑ back to [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/)