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title: Wind and the air around the Earth — how Mova does on the tests · World
description: Lesson 69 of the world course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 13 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Wind and the air around the Earth

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**Tests:** 4 of 13 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 11 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 69 of the world 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/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/).

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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/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/).

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### Test 1 · right ✓ {#t1}

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A climber goes up a very high mountain. Which is true near the top?

- **1.** The air is colder and thinner — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The air is warmer and thicker — no support
- **3.** The air is warmer because it is nearer the Sun — no support
- **4.** There is no air at all — no support

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**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/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/t1/)

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### Test 2 · right ✓ {#t2}

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A big plane flies over a thunderstorm. How can it do that?

- **1.** Storms are only a few metres high — no support
- **2.** Storms only happen at night — no support
- **3.** Planes push the storm aside — no support
- **4.** It flies above the layer where most weather happens — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 69, line 12: «Big passenger planes fly about 10 kilometres up, above most clouds and storms.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fly» (+4); the same doer «big passenger planes» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/t2/)

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### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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If the ozone layer grew much thinner, what would happen?

- **1.** The air would have less oxygen to breathe — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** It would stop raining everywhere — score 3
- **3.** More harmful ultraviolet light would reach the ground — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The sky would turn dark in the daytime — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 68, line 1: «A thunderstorm grows when warm, damp air rises very fast and cools, building a tall, dark tower of cloud called a cumulonimbus, which can reach higher than aer…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «warm damp air» (+3). 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/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/t3/)

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### Test 4 · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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On a sunny afternoon you stand on the beach. Which way does the breeze most likely blow?

- **1.** From the sea onto the land — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Straight down from the sky — no support
- **3.** From the land out to the sea — no support
- **4.** There is never any breeze by the sea — **← Mova's choice** · score 6

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**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 69, line 5: «For example, on a sunny day at the seaside the land warms faster than the sea, so the air over the land rises and a cool sea breeze blows onto the beach; at ni…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «land breeze» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). 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/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/t4/)

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### Test 5 · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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A weather report says the wind is from the west. Which way is a kite pulled?

- **1.** Straight upwards — no support
- **2.** Towards the west — no support
- **3.** Towards the east — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Towards the north — **← Mova's choice** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 69, line 18: «A wind is named after the direction it comes from, so a north wind blows from the north.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different action (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/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/t5/)

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### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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If the Sun warmed every place on the Earth exactly the same, what would happen to the winds?

- **1.** The winds would be just the same — no support
- **2.** There would be much more wind — no support
- **3.** There would be much less wind — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The winds would all blow upwards — **← Mova's choice** · score 3

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**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 69, line 18: «A wind is named after the direction it comes from, so a north wind blows from the north.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «north wind» (+2); the same action «blow» (+1). 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/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/t6/)

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### Test 7 · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Which is true about the air around the Earth?

- **1.** It is held in place by the clouds — score 1
- **2.** It is equally thick at every height — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** It is a thin layer compared with the size of the Earth — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** It reaches all the way up to the Moon and a little beyond — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 69, line 2: «The air is thickest near the ground and gets thinner the higher you go. Almost all the weather happens in the lowest layer, the troposphere, which is only abou…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «air» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). 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/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/t7/)

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### Test 8 · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Why do your ears sometimes pop when you drive up a high hill?

- **1.** The sound of the wind outside gets much louder — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The air pressure gets lower as you go up — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The air gets warmer and warmer as you go up — no support
- **4.** The car engine pushes hard on your ears as it climbs — no support

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**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/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/t8/)

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### Test 9 · right ✓ {#t9}

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At night the wind at the seaside turns and blows out to sea. Why?

- **1.** The Moon pulls the air out to sea — score -1
- **2.** The land cools faster than the sea — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** The sea cools faster than the land — score 3
- **4.** The waves stop moving at night — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 69, line 5: «For example, on a sunny day at the seaside the land warms faster than the sea, so the air over the land rises and a cool sea breeze blows onto the beach; at ni…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «cool» (+2); the same doer «land» (+2); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/t9/)

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### Test 10 · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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windy cos of what tho, where does wind come from

- **1.** The Earth spinning fast blows the air along — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The trees wave their branches and push the air — no support
- **3.** The Sun warms the Earth unevenly and air moves — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The clouds push the air as they float by — no support

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**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/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/t10/)

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### Test 11 · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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we're at the beach, sunny arvo, which way's the breeze blowing

- **1.** Straight down from the sky — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Along the beach and never across it — no support
- **3.** From the sea onto the land — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** From the land out to the sea — no support

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**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/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/t11/)

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### Test 12 · right ✓ {#t12}

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Mia says a north wind blows towards the north. true?

- **1.** Yes, but only in the Southern Hemisphere — no support
- **2.** No, a north wind always blows from the east — score 5
- **3.** No, a wind is named after where it comes from, so it blows from the north — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **4.** Yes, winds are named after where they are going — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 69, line 18: «A wind is named after the direction it comes from, so a north wind blows from the north.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «blow» (+3); the same doer «north wind» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/t12/)

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### Test 13 · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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my brother reckons it gets warmer the higher u climb cos ur closer to the sun. right?

- **1.** No, the air stays the same at every height — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yes, being closer to the Sun up there warms the air much more — no support
- **3.** No, in the troposphere the air usually gets colder higher up — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yes, but only above the highest clouds — no support

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**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/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/t13/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the troposphere?

- **1.** The uppermost and thinnest layer of the atmosphere — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** The region at which space is said to commence — no support
- **3.** The lowest layer of the atmosphere, wherein almost all weather occurs — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** The layer containing the ozone which absorbs ultraviolet light — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 69, line 2: «The air is thickest near the ground and gets thinner the higher you go. Almost all the weather happens in the lowest layer, the troposphere, which is only abou…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «troposphere» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «troposphere» (+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/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Identify the principal cause of winds upon the Earth.

- **1.** The magnetism of the Earth's core — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The rotation of the Moon about the Earth — no support
- **3.** The motion of ships upon the oceans — no support
- **4.** The uneven warming of the Earth by the Sun — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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It is given that a wind is designated a north wind. Determine the direction thereof.

- **1.** It blows from the south — no support
- **2.** It blows towards the north — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** It blows from the north — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** It blows only at the North Pole — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 69, line 18: «A wind is named after the direction it comes from, so a north wind blows from the north.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «blow» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a sea breeze.

- **1.** It blows only during storms at night — no support
- **2.** It blows from the land out to sea on sunny days — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** It blows from the land out to sea by day and night alike — score 4
- **4.** It blows from the sea onto the land on sunny days — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 69, line 16: «A sea breeze blows from the sea onto the land on sunny days; a land breeze blows out to sea at night.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same circumstance (+2); the same action «blow» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/e4/)

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