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Ten Questions: Tornado strikes Texas-Mexico border, Scientists find Earth-like planet

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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?

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2. How do the tornado survivors featured in today's program describe the destruction?

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3. What emotions do you think that the tornado victims might experience in the days and months ahead?

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4. What is the Dow Jones industrial average (Dow)? What record did the Dow set yesterday?

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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?

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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?

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7. Do you think that the discovery of the new planet is significant? Why or why not?

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8. Do you think that life might exist on other planets? State your rationale.

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9. What is jadarite? Where was it first discovered?

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10. How does the chemical composition of jadarite differ from that of the fictional substance kryptonite?

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