CLASS 10
THE MAKING OF A SCIENTIST
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A huge success
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A failure
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -For his eighth grade project, Ebright tried to find the cause of a viral disease that kills nearly all monarch caterpillars every few years. Ebright thought the disease might be carried by a beetle. He tried raising caterpillars in the presence of beetles. “I didn’t get any real results, ” he said.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: He undertakes many projects and experiments. He works on viceroy butterflies to show that they copy monarch butterflies. He studies bright spots on the monarch pupa and discovers a new hormone. Also, he finds out how cells read their DNA.
Detailed explanation-3: -Solution : Richard undertook the project to find the cause of a viral fever that had killed thousands of butterflies. He thought that a beetle might carry the virus although he was not able to prove it.