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GRADE 6                                                                                                Start Up G.K



 15  Founding fathers   16  Deadliest animals



 Some people have made special contributions in the field of science, art or   Some animals may look cute but in reality they are extremely dangerous.

 knowledge. They are often referred to as the founding fathers of that field.  Read the clues and name these deadly animals using the clue box.
 Use the clue box to name the founding fathers of the following fields.
            1.   With its interlocking razor sharp teeth and aggressive
 1  2           temperament it is one of the deadliest fish.

 1.  Father of Medicine
            2.   It is the largest ant species in the world and has a highly
 2.   Father of Modern
 Astronomy      toxic sting.


 3.  Father of Poetry      3.   Also known as ‘black death’. It is one of Africa’s most
                dangerous beasts. It is extremely aggressive and wild.
 4.  Father of Geometry
 3  5.  Father of History   6  4.   It is a very large marine animal and has killed more humans


                in water than any other species.
 6.  Father of Economics

 7.  Father of Railways   5.   This camouflaged killer uses its forked tongue to find its

                victims from the tastes and smells in the air.
 8.   Father of American
 car industry
            6.   This two inch long golden poison frog has enough venom to
 8  9.   Father of White    9  kill ten grown men.
 Revolution
            7.   This ugly little fish is the world’s most poisonous fish. It
 10.  Father of Green    opens its jaws with lighting speed and consumes its prey in
 Revolution
                less than 0.015 seconds.


            8.   They are non-poisonous snakes but squeeze or constrict

                their prey to death.
 Herodotus  Dr. Norman Borlaug  Info-bites

 Adam Smith  Nicolaus Copernicus  Since Hippocrates is known                     Info-bites
 as the Father of Medicine,   white shark        stonefish
 Euclid  Verghese Kurien  most new physicians                                   The bullet ants live in
                                                                                the humid forests of the
 Geoffrey Chaucer  Hippocrates  (doctors) are required   bullet ants  Cape buffalo  Amazon and their sting is
 to take the Hippocratic   yellow anaconda        piranha
 Henry Ford  George Stephenson  Oath before starting or                         as sharp as being hit by

 practising their profession.  boa constrictor  poison dart frog                a bullet!


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