Footprints Without Feet: The Making of a Scientist · Class 10 · CBSE English
What was the most significant project that Richard Ebright undertook while he was in the seventh grade?
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What was the most significant project that Richard Ebright undertook while he was in the seventh grade?
- A.Building a working model of the solar system using household items.
- B.Working on the viral disease that kills nearly all monarch caterpillars every few years.Correct answer
- C.Analyzing the chemical composition of the Viceroy butterfly's wing scales.
- D.Inventing a device to measure the exact heartbeat of a monarch pupa.
Solution
In the seventh grade, Ebright entered a project trying to find the cause of a viral disease that was killing nearly all monarch caterpillars every few years.
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