NAME __________________________________________________

 
WR News Smarts Issue #13
Write in the correct answers for each. Then write the
page you found the answer in and the headline of the story.

1.     How many miles of fencing are allowed by the Secure Fence Act of 2006?

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            I found this answer on page ______

            Under the headline __________________________________

2.   How much money are Nobel Prize winners awarded?

            __________________________________

            I found this answer on page ______

            Under the headline ____________________________________

3.     How long ago did crocodile-like creatures roam the earth?

            _______________________________________

            I found this answer on page ______

            Under the headline ____________________________________

 4.     What was the first public school in the country to offer skateboarding class?

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            I found this answer on page ______

            Under the headline ____________________________________

5.     How many more skateboarders are there today than there were in 1995?

            _____________________________________

            I found this answer on page  ______

            Under the headline __________________________________

6.  How long is Slim, the ball python that lives at Hauppuage Middle School?

            __________________________________  

            I found this answer on page ______

            Under the headline ____________________________________

7.     What percentage of U.S. electricity comes from wind power?

            ___________________________

            I found this answer on page  ______

            Under the headline __________________________________

8.     With this year’s additions, wind power will create enough electricity to light how many homes?

            ___________________________

            I found this answer on page  ______

            Under the headline __________________________________

NAME __________________________________________________

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

____ 1. immigrant ____ 2. prestigious ____ 3. obesity ____ 4. wind turbines ____ 5. renewable energy ____ 6. greenhouse gases ____ 7. global warming

A. the condition of being dangerously overweight B. sources of energy that cannot be completely used up C. important D. chemicals released into the atmosphere that contribute to global warming E. windmills that generate electricity as they spin F. someone who leaves one country to live in another country G. the rise in Earth’s average temperature

Get Writing! Think about your favorite sport. Write a story about how you might inspire everyone at your school to learn that sport. What challenges would you face? How would you overcome them? How would everyone feel once they knew how to play that sport?

Answer Key: 
1.  700
     found on page 2, Fencing the Border

2.  $1.4 million
     found on page 3, Nobel Work

3. 230 million years ago
    found on page 2, Picture of the Week

4. Douglass Elementary School in Boulder, Colorado
    found on page 4, School of Skate

5. 7.5 million
    found on page 5, School of Skate

6.  2 feet
     found on page 7, Snake Break

7.  less than 1
    found on page 6, Wind Power

8. more than 2.5 million
    found on page 6, Wind Power

Vocabulary Challenge!
1. F
2. C
3. A
4. E
5. B
6. D
7. G

Get Writing!
Answers will vary, but we would love to read students’ stories!
You can send them to edition4@weeklyreader.com