CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE MAKING OF A SCIENTIST

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Richard Ebright showed this in his first County Science fair.
A
Onion peel tissues
B
Frog tissues
C
Butterfly wings
D
Pupa gold spots
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -When Ebright did not win anything at the science fair he realised that the winner had tried to do real experiments and not simply make a neat display as he had done of frog tissues. Was this answer helpful?

Detailed explanation-2: -Ebright along with his scientist friend first built a device that showed that the tiny gold spots on a monarch pupa were producing a hormone necessary for the butterfly’s full development. This project won the first prize in the county science fair and third prize in zoology in the international science fair.

Detailed explanation-3: -When he was in seventh grade, Ebright participated in County Science Fair with his slides of frog tissues and lost. He realised that the winner had tried to do real experiments instead of making a neat and clean display.

Detailed explanation-4: -When Richard was in seventh grade, he entered a county science exhibition. He had prepared slides on frog tissues which he displayed under a microscope. He lost it on account of not presenting real experiment. He realized that the students who tried to do real experiments had won.

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