WR News Smarts Issue #7 and GeoTrek: "Lost in Paradise"
Write in the correct answers for each question. Then write the page you found the answer on and the headline of the story.


1. How much did Albertosaurus weigh?

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2.  During what period did abelisaurs roam?

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3. How much are aluminum cans worth now at scrapyards?

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4. What was North America's largest and most famous predator?

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5. How many people live in the Amazon region?

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6. What country recently created tougher laws against logging in the Amazon rain forest?

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7. What kind of Amazon flowers can cure snakebites?  

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8. What is the Amazon rain forest's nickname?

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

____ 1. carnivorous ____ 2. conserve (verb) ____ 3. fell (verb) ____ 4. region ____ 5. jeopardy ____ 6. fauna ____ 7. tyrant ____ 8. deforestation ____ 9. smelter ____ 10. heap ____ 11. villain

A. to save B. an area C. animal life in a particular region D. someone who melts down metal to be reused E. a bully F. a bad character G. meat-eating H. a pile I. to chop down J. the clearing of trees K. danger

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. about 3 tons

found on page 2, Terrible Three

2. Cretaceous Period

found on page 2, Dino Fright

3. about 75 cents a pound

found on page 3, Scrappy Days

4. Tyrannosaurus

found on page 2, Terrible Three

5. more than 30 million

found on GeoTrek page 3, Amazon Adventure

6. Brazil

found on GeoTrek page 2, Trouble in Paradise

7. white trillium flowers

found on GeoTrek page 3, Amazon Adventure

8. “lungs of the world”

found on GeoTrek page 2, Trouble in Paradise

Vocabulary Challenge!

1. G

2. A

3. I

4. B

5. K

6. C

7. E

8. J

9. D

10. H

11. F