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WR News Smarts Issue #24
Write in the correct answers for each question. Then write the page you found the answer on and the headline of the story.


1. In what state did Isabella Ntigbu interview the Jonas Brothers?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline _____________________________________ 

 

2.  Where did researchers find ancient footprints?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ____________________________________


 
3. How many wheels did the first gas-powered vehicle have?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ____________________________________ 
 


4. How did experts at the Pew Research Center determine which states keep residents?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ____________________________________ 


 

 

 

5. How many cars did U.S. residents own in 2006?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline __________________________________


 
6. On what continent do wild lemurs live?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ____________________________________

 
7. How many plug-in vehicles are there on U.S. roads today?  

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline __________________________________


 
8. What is the stickiest state?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ___________________________





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Vocabulary Challenge!
Match each new word below with its definition.

                                                                                         
____ 1. ancestor

____ 2. global warming

____ 3. plug-in hybrid

____ 4. ditch (verb)

____ 5. prototype

____ 6. plug-in car

____ 7. critique (verb)


 


 

A. a vehicle that runs on electricity

B. to dump

C. the slow rise in Earth's temperature

D. a vehicle that is powered by electricity and gas

E. a relative from long ago

F. a model

G. to judge

 

 


Get Writing!
Encourage students to write letters to the editors about articles in WR News. Students can e-email their letters to wrnews@weeklyreader.com. We will print selected letters in WR News.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer Key:

1. New York

found on page 7, Oh, Brothers!

2. Kenya

found on page 2, A Step in Time

3. three

found on page 4, Ruling the Road

4. They interviewed U.S. residents.

found on page 6, Stuck on You!

5. about 135 million

found on page 5, Ruling the Road

6. Africa

found on page 2, Picture of the Week

7. about 2,000

found on page 4, Power Surge!

8. Texas

found on page 6, Stuck on You!

 

Vocabulary Challenge!

1. E

2. C

3. D

4. B

5. F

6. A

7. G


 

 

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