WR News Smarts Issue #9
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 the new playground at Public School/Middle School 394 cost?

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I found this answer on page ______ 

Under the headline ___________________
 

 

2.  Who discovered the buried treasure in Staffordshire, England?

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I found this answer on page ______ 

Under the headline ___________________




 
3. How tall is a full-grown micro pig?

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I found this answer on page ______ 

Under the headline ___________________

 


4. What tectonic plate is North America part of?

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I found this answer on page ______ 

Under the headline ___________________

 

5. In what year did someone find Anglo-Saxon gold at Sutton Hoo?

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I found this answer on page ______ 

Under the headline ___________________





 
6. To what country do monarch butterflies migrate in the fall?

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I found this answer on page ______ 

Under the headline ___________________



 
7. About how old is the bronze dog found in southern England?  

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8. At what type of boundary do tectonic plates move next to each other?

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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. archaeologist ____ 2. diverge (verb) ____ 3. hoard ____ 4. tectonic plate ____ 5. converge (verb) ____ 6. artifact ____ 7. architect ____ 8. antennae ____ 9. crust ____ 10. stifle (verb) ____ 11. migration ____ 12. boundary

A. Earth's outer layer B. a huge, slow-moving section of Earth's crust C. to move together D. a very old object made by humans E. to limit F. a person who studies ancient people and cultures G. a hidden collection of objects that are valuable H. the movement of animals from one place to another when the seasons change I. a person who designs houses, buildings, or other large structures J. to move apart K. the thin, moveable organs found on top of an insect's head L. a border

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. $1 million

found on page 7, A Place to Play

2. Terry Herbert

found on page 4, Gold Rush

3. 14 inches

found on page 2, Picture of the Week

4. North American Plate

found on page 6, On Shaky Ground

5. 1939

found on page 5, Gold Rush

6. Mexico

found on page 2, No Maps Needed

7. 1,700 years old

found on page 4, Trash or Treasure?

8. Transform boundary

found on page 6, How Tectonic Plates Move

Vocabulary Challenge!

1. F

2. J

3. G

4. B

5. C

6. D

7. I

8. K

9. A

10. E

11. H

12. L