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SCAVENGER HUNT! (draft #5)

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1. Sometime in 1991, a chief scientist at the NIIT named _________ started an experiment hole in a wall.

 

Answer: Dr.

Sugata Mitra

http://www.hole-in-the wall.com/

Beginnings.html

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Sometime in 1991, a chief scientist at the NIIT named _________ started an experiment + hole in a wall.

 

2.  What does NIIT stand for?

 

Answer: National Institute of Information Technology

https://www.javatpoint.com/

niit-full-form

Copyright 2011-2021 www.

javatpoint.

com.

Sonoo Jaiswal

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What does "NIIT" stand for?

3. It was first implemented at a slum area in _______ ,New Delhi

 

Answer: National Institute of Information Technology

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-the- Wall Education

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It was first implemented at a slum area in ,New Delhi + hole in the wall

4. His team carved a hole in the wall that separated NIIT campuses from the slum areas. Why did they carve a hole in the hall?

 

Answer: Through this hole, a freely accessible computer was put up for use. This computer proved to be an instant hit among the slum dwellers, especially the children. With no prior experience, the children learnt to use the computer on their own.

http://www.hole-in-the-wall. com/Beginnings.html

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-the- Wall Education

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His team carved a hole in the wall that separated NIIT campuses from the slum areas. Why did they carve a hole in the hall? + hole in the wall

5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?

 

Answer: Answer: This computer proved to be an instant hit among the slum dwellers, especially the children. With no prior experience, the children learnt to use the computer on their own.

http://www.hole-in-the-wall.

com/Beginnings.html

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-the- Wall Education

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what was the significant finding of the experiment? + hole in the wall

6. What were the two

headlines in New York

Times on the influenza

epidemic in 1918  1919.

 

Answer: -Echoes of Another Pandemic: How The Times Covered the 1918 Flu

-What New York Looked Like During the 1918 Flu Pandemic

https://www.nytimes.com/2021

/01/05/insider/1918-pandemic.

htmlhttps://www.nyt

imes.com/2020/04/02/nyregion/

spanish-flu-nyc-virus.html

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Company

The New York Times

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What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza epidemic in "1918"

7. ______ is home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather

disturbances and

phenomenon

 

Answer: Wind

https://education.nationalge

ographic.org/resource/wind

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Society.

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reserved

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is home to moving air currents,+ clouds, + storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon

8. How does global warning

affect polar bears?

 

Answer: Because of melting sea ice, it is likely that more polar bears will soon starve

https://www.nationalgeogra

phic.com/science/article/polar-bears-starve-melting-sea-ice-global-warming-study-beaufort-sea-environment

©2015-2022

National

Geographic

Partners, LLC.

All rights

Reserved

 

 

STEPHEN LEAHY

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How does "global warming" affect polar bears?

9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps

.

Answer: Coral reefs are built by coral polyps as they secrete layers of calcium carbonate beneath their bodies.

https://coral.org/en/coral

reefs-101/how-reefs-are-made/#:~:text=Coral%20reefs%

20are%20built%20by,whips

%2C%20do%20not%20produce

%20reefs.

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Reef Alliance

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Coral reefs" are built by colonies of coral polyps .

10. Severe environmental

imbalance can induce

polyps to expel their

algae and loose their

color. This process is

known as _________. Will this phenomenon affect the growth of fish stocks?

 

Answer: Coral bleaching

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov

/facts/coral_bleach.html

National Ocean Service

NationalOceanic

and Atmospheric Administration

Department of Commerce

Science.

Service.

Stewardship

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Severe environmental imbalance can induce polyps to expel their algae and loose their color. This process is known as _________. + Will this phenomenon affect the growth of fish stocks?

11. What according to

scientist was the cause of the worst and biggest

catastrophic mass

mortality of coral reefs in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. When did this happen?

 

Answer: caused by unusually high sea surface temperatures as the Indian Ocean swelters under particularly unforgiving El Niño conditions. And this happened since 2015

https://news.mongabay.com/2016/

05/indias-coral-reefs experiencing-catastrophic-bleaching-heart-wrenching-scientist-says/

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Mongabay and Rohan Arthur

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What according to scientist was the cause of the worst and biggest catastrophic mass mortality of coral reefs in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. + When did this happen?

12. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?

 

Answer: Singapore-

6,407,527

Philippines-

 144,488,17

https://www.populationpyramid

.net/philippines/2050/

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Pyramid net

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population pyramid of "Philippines 2050"

population pyramid of "singapore 2050"

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