This document provides information on various topics related to science and important days/events:
1) It discusses the invention of the electroscope and lightning conductor, tectonic plates, the largest recorded earthquake, bacteriophages, bones in the ear, coral reef formation, India's first biosphere reserve, existing national parks, denitrifying bacteria, Project Tiger, current tiger population, Asiatic lions, the inventor of the seismograph, dog whistles, infrasonic waves, communication via infrasonic sounds, a failed Russian moon mission, Parakram Diwas, National Girl Child Day, and National Youth Day.
This document provides information on various topics related to science and important days/events:
1) It discusses the invention of the electroscope and lightning conductor, tectonic plates, the largest recorded earthquake, bacteriophages, bones in the ear, coral reef formation, India's first biosphere reserve, existing national parks, denitrifying bacteria, Project Tiger, current tiger population, Asiatic lions, the inventor of the seismograph, dog whistles, infrasonic waves, communication via infrasonic sounds, a failed Russian moon mission, Parakram Diwas, National Girl Child Day, and National Youth Day.
This document provides information on various topics related to science and important days/events:
1) It discusses the invention of the electroscope and lightning conductor, tectonic plates, the largest recorded earthquake, bacteriophages, bones in the ear, coral reef formation, India's first biosphere reserve, existing national parks, denitrifying bacteria, Project Tiger, current tiger population, Asiatic lions, the inventor of the seismograph, dog whistles, infrasonic waves, communication via infrasonic sounds, a failed Russian moon mission, Parakram Diwas, National Girl Child Day, and National Youth Day.
2. Lightning conductor was invented by Benjamin Franklin. 3. There are 7 major tectonic plates. The Pacific plate, the Eurasian plate, the African plate, the Antarctic plate, the Indo- Australian plate and the South American plate. 4. The biggest earthquake ever recorded of magnitude 9.5 happened in 1960 in Chile. 5. Bacteriophages are viruses that infect only bacterial cells. 6. Ear has three bones- Malleus, Stapes and Incus. 7. Stapes is the smallest bone in human body. 8. Coral reef is a ridge of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of corals. Coral reef is a massive structures made of limestone deposited by coral polyps. 9. The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve was the first biosphere reserve in India. 10.There are 106 existing National Parks in India. 11.Pseudomonas and Achromobacter are denitrifying bacteria. 12. Project Tiger was launched in 1973. 13. Tiger population in India is 3167 according to census of 2022. 14.Asiatic Lion is endemic to India. They are protected in Gir National Park in Gujarat. 15. John Milne invented seismograph. 16.A dog whistle is a type of whistle that emits sound in the ultrasonic range. 17. Sound produced by earthquake, volcanic eruption and ocean waves are examples of infrasonic waves. 18.Rhinoceros, elephants, whales and octopuses communicate via infrasonic sounds. 19. Luna 25 was the failed moon mission of Russia. 20.Parakram Diwas is observed on 23 January to mark the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. 21. National Girl Child Day is observed on 24 January. 22. National Youth Day is observed on 12 January to mark the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.