Early Life & Interests
Butterfly Collecting
Science Fair & Experiments
Later Work & Recognition
Vocabulary & Concepts
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This was one of Richard’s first passions; he collected them from kindergarten onward.

butterflies

100

In second grade, Richard had collected all species of butterflies around his hometown. How many number of butterflies did he collect?

25

100

In which grade did Richard present his frog tissues?

7th Grade

100

Where did Richard go for university?

Harvard

100

The scientific study of insects is called

entomology

200

Where did Richard live?

Pennsylvania

200

The book The Travels of Monarch X was about the migration of this butterfly species. What butterfly species was it?

monarch butterfly

200

What was his project in 8th grade?

Find the cause of a viral disease that kills nearly all monarch caterpillars every few years.

200

Who was his college roommate?

James R. Wong

200

What does Eureka mean?

a cry of triumph at a discovery

300

What were the things that Richard collected? 

butterflies—rocks, fossils, and coins

300

To help track butterflies, Richard attached these to their wings.

adhesive tags

300

What was the theory that Richard said about viceroys' butterflies?

The theory was that viceroys look like monarchs because monarchs don’t taste good to birds. Viceroys, on the other hand, do taste good to birds. So the more they look like monarchs, the less likely they are to become a bird’s dinner

300

Did Richard have time for other interests? True or false?

False. He made time for other interests

300
Raj Paddles a canoe he is called

canoeist

400

At night he would sometimes stay up observing these in the sky. He became an eager-

astronomy

400

How could Richard identify butterfly species

wing patterns

400

JACKPOT! Your team gets 400 points! If you answer this question: Who's the author of this lesson?

Robert W. Peterson

400

Richard is a straight-A student? True or False

True

400

Rearrange the word

U G L E E S A

leagues

500

Richard’s mother once bought him this book, which sparked his butterfly-tagging project.

The Travels of Monarch X

500

Which butterfly species did Richard collect the most in six weeks?

Brush-footed

500

During his senior year, he won first place for zoology at the International Fair. What did he present?

He grew cells from a monarch’s wing in a culture and showed that the cells would divide and develop into normal butterfly wing scales only if they were fed the hormone from the gold spots.

500

"Richard was competitive." who said this?

Mr. Weiherer

500

What does County mean and give one example

"I grew up in a small county where everyone knew each other, and the local library was the heart of the community."

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