Q.1 How did Ebright's mother help …

4. According to Ebright's teacher, the essential qualities of becoming a scientist are to have a first rate mind, and have a lot of curiosity. Alongwith that, the person should have the zeal to excel for the sake of doing the best job.

5.  He make experiments to find out what causes the viral disease that kills nearly all monarch caterpillars.

He undertakes a project to test the theory that vicerory butterflies copy monarches to survive.

6. Mr. Weiherer was Ebright’s social studies teacher. He praised him for his brilliant mind, his curiosity and a will to win for the right reason. He also admired Richard for his spirit to do his very best all the time. His social studies teacher, Mr. Weiherer always opened Richard's mind to new ideas. He was impressed by Richard's committment towards his work. He mentioned that Richard used to put in three or four hours at night doing debate research besides doing all his research on butterflies and his other interests was remarkable. He added that Richard was competitive. He explained that Richard was interested in winning because he wanted to do the best job he could. He wants to be the best for the right reasons. He wanted to make a real contribution to science through his researches.

1. His mother encouraged his interest in learning. She was his only childhood friend and companion. She took him on trips, bought him scientific equipments and helped him in many other ways. She also supported his collecting butterflies. She opened the world of science to him by introducing him to Dr Frederick A. Urquhart of the University of Toronto, Canada.

2. When Richard Ebright did not win anything at the science fair, he realized that the winners had tried to conduct real experiments. He, on the other hand, had simply made a neat display. He had shown slides of frog tissues under a microscope. It was the first time that he got a hint of what real science was. This event served to develop the competitive spirit in him. Ultimately, it was this spirit of enthusiasm and competitiveness that drove him to achieve new heights in science.

3. He wanted to tag the monarch butterflies to study their migration. Since butterfly season lasted only six weeks he wouldn’t be able catch many and tag them. Hence, he decided to raise them in his basement. His basement was home to thousands of butterflies for many years.