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(CNN Student News) -- April 26, 2007 Answer the following questions about today's featured news stories. Write your answers in the space provided. 1. According to the segment, where in Texas did a tornado recently strike? What damage did the twister cause? * * 2. How do the tornado survivors featured in today's program describe the destruction? * * 3. What emotions do you think that the tornado victims might experience in the days and months ahead? * * 4. What is the Dow Jones industrial average (Dow)? What record did the Dow set yesterday? * * 5. According to the segment, what does it mean if the Dow is high? What do you think that it means if there is a decrease in the Dow? * * 6. According the program: What new planet did scientists recently discover, and how did they discover it? How far away is this planet from Earth? In what ways is the newly-discovered planet like Earth? * * 7. Do you think that the discovery of the new planet is significant? Why or why not? * * 8. Do you think that life might exist on other planets? State your rationale. * * 9. What is jadarite? Where was it first discovered? * * 10. How does the chemical composition of jadarite differ from that of the fictional substance kryptonite? * * SPECIAL REPORTCNN STUDENT NEWS |