Cool Canadian Women

Question 1

Brenda Milner discovered the brain had two memory systems: one that handles motor skills, and one that handles ________.

Accepted Answer

names, faces, and experiences

Question 2

Autumn Peltier fought for clean drinking water when she learned pollution had turned the water in her community _____.

Accepted Answer

toxic

Question 3

Margaret Atwood is known for writing dystopian novels, which feature made-up societies where ______________.

Accepted Answer

things are unjust and people are oppressed

Question 4

The founder of SmartCane, Riya Karumanchi is all about inventing things that are inclusive, which means that they _____.

Accepted Answer

benefit people of all backgrounds and abilities

Question 5

Joy Buolamwini worked to show that artificial intelligence in computer systems was biased. A bias is a __________.

Accepted Answer

prejudice against someone or something

Question 6

When Viola Desmond was told to give up her seat in the section of a theatre reserved for white people, she refused.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Sara Seager studies exoplanets, which are planets ________________.

Accepted Answer

located outside of our solar system

Question 8

Mother-daughter pair practice the Inuit tradition of throat singing. A tradition is _______.

Accepted Answer

a belief or custom passed down within a group

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