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Question
Why did Ebright start a project of tagging butterflies?
Solution
The last page of the book Travels of Monarch X, which Ebright's mother gave him, contained an invitation. In order to analyse the migration path of monarch butterflies for his research, Dr. Fredrick A. Urquhart requested readers to tag butterflies. Therefore, Ebright put little sticky tags on the monarchs' wings.
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The question he tried to answer was simple: What is the purpose of the twelve tiny gold spots on a monarch pupa? “Everyone assumed the spots were just ornamental,” Ebright said. To find the answer, Ebright and another excellent science student first had to build a device that showed that the spots were producing a hormone necessary for the butterfly’s full development. This project won Ebright first place in the county fair and entry into the International Science and Engineering Fair. There he won third place for zoology. He also got a chance to work during the summer at the entomology laboratory of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. |
i. State any one inference about Dr Urquhart from the given context: (1)
Everyone assumed the spots were just ornamental,” Ebright said.
“But Dr Urquhart didn’t believe it.”
ii. State TRUE or FALSE. (1)
None of the terms (a) -(d) below, can be applied to the question - What is the purpose of the twelve tiny gold spots on a monarch pupa?
- A hypothesis - a proposed explanation for a phenomenon
- An assumption - something that is taken for granted or assumed to be true without proof
- A premise - a proposition that forms the basis of an argument
- A theory - a well-substantiated explanation for a natural phenomenon
iii. Ebright's approach towards finding the purpose of the gold spots on a monarch pupa was highly effective. Elaborate in about 40 words with reference to the extract. (2)
iv. Which phrase would correctly substitute 'a chance' in the given sentence from the extract. (1)
He also got a chance to work during the summer at the entomology laboratory of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.
Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
Why did Richard Ebright raise a flock of butterflies?
