Climate zones

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 16 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.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · wrong ✗

A traveller goes from the equator to the North Pole. What does she find on the way?

1. Icy lands all the way — no support
2. Hot lands, then lands with four seasons, then icy lands — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Lands that get hotter and hotter the farther north she travels — no support
4. The same climate everywhere — ← Mova's choice · 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 6, line 4: «In the same way the Sun's gravity keeps the Earth and the other planets going around it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «same way» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · right ✓

Which is true?

1. One cold day does not change a place's climate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A place's climate changes every morning — no support
3. One rainy week turns a place into a rainforest — no support
4. Weather and climate mean the same thing — 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

Test 3 · wrong ✗

A torch shining straight down makes a small bright spot; shining at a slant, a big dim patch. What does this show about the Earth?

1. Slanting sunlight spreads its heat thin, as near the poles — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Light gets brighter when it slants — no support
3. The poles are farther away from the Sun than the equator is — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. A torch is hotter than the Sun — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 8: «The half of the Earth turned away from the Sun has night.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «sun» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · wrong ✗

Two towns are equally far from the equator; one is on the coast and one is far inland. Which usually has colder winters?

1. The town on the coast — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The one with more trees — no support
3. They must have the same winters — no support
4. The town far inland — ✓ 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

Test 5 · wrong ✗

A climber in Africa reaches snow near the top of a mountain. Why is there snow?

1. She has walked towards the South Pole — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. All of Africa has snowy winters — no support
3. It is much colder high up the mountain — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Sunlight cannot reach mountain tops — 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

Test 6 · right ✓

When it is summer in Ukraine, what season is it in Australia?

1. Winter, because Australia is in the southern half of the Earth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Autumn, because Australia is on the other side of the whole world — no support
3. Also summer, because it is the same planet — no support
4. Spring, because Australia is ahead in time — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2, line 16: «Europe, Ukraine and Norway are in the northern half of the Earth; Australia and Cape Town in South Africa are in the southern half.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «northern half» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · right ✓

Which place is a cold desert?

1. Antarctica — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The Amazon rainforest — no support
3. A misty forest on the coast — no support
4. A green rainy island — 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

Test 8 · wrong ✗

Why would a polar bear struggle to live in a tropical forest?

1. It needs salt water to drink — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It is adapted to cold, not to heat — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It cannot see well in green light — no support
4. It can only walk on sand — 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

Test 9 · right ✓

Which best describes the temperate zone?

1. Hot and dry all year round — no support
2. Frozen all year round — no support
3. Warm summers, cold winters and four seasons — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Hot and wet all year round — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 16, line 8: «The polar zones are cold all year because the Sun's rays strike them at a low slant.», 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 «sun» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · wrong ✗

whats the diff between weather and climate

1. Climate is today, and weather is the usual weather over many years — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Weather is now, climate is the usual weather over many years — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Weather is rain, climate is sunshine — no support
4. They mean exactly the same thing — 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

Test 11 · right ✓

how come there's snow on mountains near the equator

1. Snow falls only near the equator — no support
2. Mountains make their own ice inside — no support
3. The air gets colder the higher you climb — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. The mountains are closer to the Moon — 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 16, line 11: «The air gets colder the higher you climb, so high peaks can have snow even near the equator.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «air» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · wrong ✗

my cousin says deserts are always hot, so Antarctica can't be one. true?

1. Yes, deserts must be hot and sandy — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Yes, Antarctica has far too much ice and snow to be a desert at all — no support
3. No, a desert is a place with very little rain or snow, hot or cold — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. No, Antarctica is a desert because it's flat — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 16, line 10: «A desert is a place that gets very little rain or snow; it can be hot like the Sahara or cold like Antarctica.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «desert» (+4); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · right ✓

Tom says the coast is colder in winter than inland cos of the sea. right?

1. Yes, the sea freezes the air near it — no support
2. No, the coast is colder because of the sand — no support
3. Yes, the sea always makes winters colder — no support
4. No, the sea cools slowly and usually makes coasts milder — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 16, line 12: «The sea warms up and cools down slowly, so it makes the climate of coasts milder.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cool down» (+4); the same doer «sea» (+4); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises climate?

1. The quantity of rain in a single storm — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The usual weather of a place over many years — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The temperature recorded on a given day — no support
4. The state of the air at a given moment — 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal reason for which the tropics remain hot throughout the year.

1. They lie nearest to the Sun in distance — no support
2. They are surrounded by warm oceans alone — no support
3. The rays of the Sun strike them most directly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. They receive heat from the Earth's interior — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 16, line 7: «The tropics near the equator are hot all year because the Sun's rays fall on them most directly.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «rays» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning deserts.

1. A desert is invariably hot and sandy — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. A desert is any region devoid of animals — no support
3. A desert is any region lying upon the equator — no support
4. A desert is defined by scarcity of precipitation, and may be hot or cold — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 16, line 10: «A desert is a place that gets very little rain or snow; it can be hot like the Sahara or cold like Antarctica.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «desert» (+4); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal reason for which lofty peaks near the equator may bear snow.

1. Mountains are nearer to the poles — no support
2. The air becomes colder with increasing altitude — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. The equator receives snowfall throughout the year — no support
4. The Sun does not shine upon mountains — 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 16, line 11: «The air gets colder the higher you climb, so high peaks can have snow even near the equator.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «air» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/16-climate-zones/