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  1.

The incoming odor molecules react with the chemical sensors lining the "nose." The reaction changes the color of some of the sensors. Light emitting diodes opposite the chemical sensors "read" the color signature of the odor.

  2. b
  3. c
  4. The Internet
  5. d
  6. "InterPet Explorer" software to let birds use the Internet
  7. True
  8. b

NOTE: Quizzes with 100% correct answers can be entered by teachers only into our T-shirt drawing. FRONTIERS randomly selects 20 names after each program. Send all correct quizzes in one envelope, along with teacher's name, grade and course, school name and address, where the students watched the show (home or school), and the students' favorite segment. Mail to: FRONTIERS Quiz, Chedd-Angier Production Company, 70 Coolidge Hill Rd., Watertown, MA 02472.

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