Q1. Artist Kelly Morrison “collected the data”, which was then turned to music by composer John Hering. This 20-minute long piece made its debut at the Liverpool Tate art gallery earlier this year.

What is the story behind the music?

Q2. This phenomenon was noticed in the 1990s, and was initially believed to be caused by pesticide/fertilizer run-off. Later studies have now shown that the major cause of this phenomenon is due to a parasitic flatworm called Ribeiroia. Ribeiroia produces large amounts of retinoic acid (Vitamin A), which throws a spanner in the works of many developmental processes.What phenomenon?

Q3. Yajnavalkha kept arguing & refused to listen to his guru Vaishampayana. The angry guru demanded that his disciple return all knowledge he had acquired. Yajnavalkha promptly vomited out all of it. Vaishampayana’s other disciple took the form of birds and consumed what Yajnavalkha had spewed out.

Connect this story with the picture on the next slide

Q4. All members of this phylum have specialised ‘stinging cells’, which helps them catch prey Some are sedentary, while the ones more familiar to us are not single individuals, but whole colonies.

What phylum?

Q5. An alternate name for this creature comes from the character on the right. Identify creature.

Q6. Hypothesis first proposed in 1995 by Leslie Aiello and Peter Wheeler, based on a certain correlation seen in animals (next slide has an example).Alexander Gotschall’s experiments with breeding _______ provided the first experimental demonstration for this hypothesis.

Identify the fish, and what was this hypothesis?