Wilson Bentley's immense love for nature drew him very close to it, and by the time he
nature with great concentration, and his mind was always at work to explore more. Seeing
was eight years old, he had collected every type of fern known in Vermont He studied
his special inclination towards nature, his parents gifted him a microscope on his fifteenth
under the microscope. He placed a snowflake on a slide and focused on it. What he saw
made him ecstatic and he shouted to his brother to come and share the magnificent sight.
But by the time his brother Charles reached, the snowflake had melted. Wilson Bentley
then thought of pre-cooling the slide, which would help keep the snowflake in shape for
a longer time. He began showing his family these wonderful sights and later shared them
microscope in front of a window. He photographed the snowflakes against the light to get
study flakes undan
setting bored
foeling excited about the Nawab's visit to
worried about the meal to be served the following day.
VIII. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
birthday. The same day, as he watched the snow fall, he was inspired to study flakes
with the world
Around the age of twenty, Bentley built a shed on a hillside. He set up a camera and a
the minutest details of their structure.
In a sharp snowstorm, he managed to study and photograph fifty to seventy-five flakes
To capture the snowflakes that fell, he held out a tray covered with black velvet. From
the flakes that fell, he carefully selected one and cautiously transferred it onto a slide. By
his keen observation he found some fascinating facts about snowflakes, their anatomy and
physiology
A. Complete these statements.
Vernis
1. By the age of eight. Bentley had________
2. At the age of fifteen________
The snowfall inspired him to________
3. At the age of twenty he set up________From here, he____________
4. Bentley captured the snowflakes on__________from which he selected_________to study.
5. The word in the passage that means extremely delighted is______
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