CLASS 10
THE MAKING OF A SCIENTIST
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Bog Copper
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Red Admiral
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Pipevine Swallowtail
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Pearl Crescent
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Olympia
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Detailed explanation-1: -“On everyday things he was just like every other kid, ” his mother said. By the time he was in the second grade, Ebright had collected all twenty-five species of butterflies found around his hometown.
Detailed explanation-2: -It’s tedious and there’s not much feedback, ” Ebright said. “In all the time I did it, ” he laughed, “only two butterflies I had tagged were recaptured-and they were not more than seventy-five miles from where I lived.”
Detailed explanation-3: -Ans. Richard Ebright used to send tagged monarch butterflies to Dr. Urquhart for his research work. Chasing butterflies one by one was difficult and he couldn’t catch many.
Detailed explanation-4: -(a) He is Richard Ebright, a scientist. (b) Besides butterflies, he used to collect fossils, rocks and coins.