A Challenge I Dare To Take On!

Nuggets	URL	Copyright	Value: Sources /Author / Date Published /Sponsor	Search Engine	Search Term
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	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	8, Balaji Estate, Guru Ravi Das Marg Kalkaji, New Delhi - 110 019 INDIA.	Google.com	Phrase Searching
2.  What does NIIT stand for?   Answer: National Institute of Information Technology	http://blog.acronymfinder.com/	© 1988-2022, Acronym Finder, All Rights Reserved.	Chan- Zuckerberg, Sequioa Capital India Initiative et. al	Google.com	Boolean Logic
3. It was first implemented at a slum area in _______ ,New Delhi   Answer: Kalkaji	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Google.com	Phrase Searching
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: Dr. Mitra’s team	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Google.com	Boolean Logic
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?   Answer: The children learnt to use the computer on their own	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Google.com	Boolean Logic
6. What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza epidemic in 1918-1919.   Answer: The 1918 Influenza Epidemic in New York City Echoes of Another Pandemic	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862336/	© 2010 Association of Schools of Public Health	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862336/	Google.com	Phrase Searching
7. ______ is home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon.   Answer: global atmospheric circulation	cied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/how-weather-works/global-air-atmospheric-circulation	©2022 UCAR	UCAR Center for Science Education	Bing.Com	Phrase Searching
8. How does global warming affect polar bears?   Answer: polar bears loss their habitat and food.	https://paperap.com/paper-on-global-warming-affects-polar-bears/#:~:text=As%20has%20been%20shown%20in%20the%20previous%20discussion%2C,the%20polar%20bears%20loss%20their%20habitat%20and%20food.	©2016-2022Paperap.com	December 07, 2019	Bing.com	Phrase Searching
9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps. Answer: The corals that build reefs are known as “hard” or “reef-building” corals.	https://coral.org/en/coral-reefs-101/how-reefs-are-made/ CORAL REEF ALLIANCE 2022	©  CORAL REEF ALLIANCE 2022	https://coral.org/en/coral-reefs-101/how-reefs-are-made/	Google.com	Phrase Searching
10. Severe environmental imbalance  can induce polyps to expel their algae and lose their color. This process is known as ______. Will this phenomenon affect the growth of fish stocks?   Answer: Hard or reef-building corals	https://oceanservice/	© OCEAN SERVICE	https://oceanservice/	Google.com	Phrase Searching
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: When water is too warm, coral removes the algae.	https://oceanservice/	© OCEAN SERVICE	https://oceanservice/	Google.com	Phrase Searching
12. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?   Answer: Singapore:6.40 million  Philippines:144.49 million	https://statisticstime.com	©WORLDS STATISTICS	https://statisticstime.com	Google.com	Boolean Logic

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