PROSE – 8 LUTHER BURBANK
Class 08 Second Language English LUTHER BURBANK - Questions with Answers are provided below. Along with Questions and Answers, you can also check out LUTHER BURBANK Part B Grammar also.
1. Name the fields in which Luther Burbank’s influence prevails?
Ans: Luther Burbank influence prevails in the scientific community among those who work in the fields of agriculture, horticulture, forestry and livestock.
2. When was Luther Burbank born?
Ans: Luther Burbank was born on 7 March 1849.
3. What was Luther Burbank’s goal in life?
Ans: Luther Burbank’s goal in life was to devote his life to grow new varieties of plants.
4. Name the book that helped Burbank to decide on his goal of life.
Ans: Darwin’s “Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication” book helped Burbank to decide his goal in his life.
5. Mention the name of the new variety of potato plant grown by Burbank.
Ans: The name of the new variety of potato plant grown by Burbank is “Idaho Potato”.
6. How was the weather in the state of California?
Ans: In the state of California the weather was mild, and the soil was rich and varied.
7. How many varieties of fruits did Burbank grow on an acre of his farm?
Ans: Several thousand different varieties of fruits were grown by Burbank. 526 different types of apples on the same tree were grown by him.
8. What is grafting?
Ans: Instead of waiting for 15 years for a tree to give fruits, graft would twig from a young plant to a fruit bearing tree and get fruits in just two or three years
9. How did Burbank’s genius benefit the life of a common man?
Ans: Luther Burbank’s genius continues to play a part in the day to day lives of people throughout the world. His influence prevails in the scientific community among those who work in the fields of agriculture, horticulture, forestry and livestock. His most important contribution is lovely flower that never exist before him.
10. Why did Burbank move from Massachusetts to California?
Ans: Burbank found that climate of Massachusetts or his native place was not suitable for his work so that Burbank move from Massachusetts to California.
11. What did Burbank call his new home? And why?
Ans: Burbank calls his new home as “The Chosen Spot” of all this Earth as far as nature was described.
12. How did grafting help Burbank in his experiment?
Ans: Grafting helped him possible not only to save space but also to speed up his experiments. Instead of waiting for 15 years for a tree to give fruits, he would graft a twig from a young plant to a fruit bearing tree and get fruits in just two or three years.
10. Why did Burbank move from Massachusetts to California?
Ans: Burbank found that climate of Massachusetts or his native place was not suitable for his work so that Burbank move from Massachusetts to California.
11. What did Burbank call his new home? And why?
Ans: Burbank calls his new home as “The Chosen Spot” of all this Earth as far as nature was described.
12. How did grafting help Burbank in his experiment?
Ans: Grafting helped him possible not only to save space but also to speed up his experiments. Instead of waiting for 15 years for a tree to give fruits, he would graft a twig from a young plant to a fruit bearing tree and get fruits in just two or three years.
PART - B
Vocabulary:
V1. Look at the following phrases and see how the two words go together. They are collocative words.
1. Sunny weather
2. Smiling face
3. Hard-working scientist
4. Improved cherry
Now fill in the blanks with the most appropriate describing words given in the box below. For a few, you may have more than one combination.
1] White community
2] Rich soil
3] Thorn less black berry
4] Desert cactus
5] Successful attempt
6] Scientific value.
Desert, commercial, successful, scientific, thorn less, rich, white
V2. Given below are some names. Classify them into categories of flowers, fruits and vegetables. You may consult a dictionary/encyclopaedia if you need.
Orange, plum, neem, desert cactus, mango, black berry, banana, brinjal, potato, cherry, lemon, apple, grapes, jasmine, lotus, Shasta daisy, marigold, rose, tomato, peach, watermelon, carrot.
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