CLASS 10
THE MAKING OF A SCIENTIST
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Rocks
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Paper
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Wood
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Ore
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Fossils
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Detailed explanation-1: -By the time he was in the second grade, Ebright had collected all twenty-five species of butterflies found around his hometown. (See following box.) “That probably would have been the end of my butterfly collecting, ” he said. “But then my mother got me a children’s book called The Travels of Monarch X.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Ebright was fascinated by butterflies. He started collecting butterflies in kindergarten. He also collected rocks, fossils and coins.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: (a) He is Richard Ebright, a scientist. (b) Besides butterflies, he used to collect fossils, rocks and coins.
Detailed explanation-4: -Richard Ebright started collecting butterflies as a hobby. This led him to research and discover many things. Hence, hobbies play an important role in one’s life. Question 13.