2. Strong, gusty winds that blow from east to west (and can be at their worst in the fall) recently prompted power shutdowns in the northern part of what U.S. state?
3. Name the new associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who was confirmed in a Senate vote on Monday night.
4. A spacecraft launched by the Planetary Society, a space interest organization, "sails" around in Earth's orbit. What powers it?
5. Before the 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified in 1868, individual states largely determined what rights?
6. NASA scientists recently reported that they found what substance, which is "trapped" in glass beads or in between grains on certain parts of the moon?
7. Besides the U.S., what other nation was struck by a named storm this week (though the system was called a typhoon instead of a hurricane)?
8. A detached coral reef, which is the size of a skyscraper, was recently discovered off the coast of what country?
9. According to Friday's show, what is the biggest measure of economic activity, a figure that grew by 7.4% in the U.S. between July and September?
10. What was the name of the storm that made landfall on Wednesday in Louisiana before racing northeast across the American South?
Answers:
1. SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Scientists in Washington state have discovered the first nest of so-called murder hornets in the United States and plan to wipe it out Saturday to protect native honeybees, officials said.
2. Santa Ana
3. Amy Coney.
4. I'm not sure what powers it.
5. Civil rights.
6. Glass beads
7. Atlantic
8. US Australia
9. I haven't learned that.
10. Zeta made landfall on Wednesday afternoon in southern Louisiana as a powerful Category 2 storm with top sustained winds of 110 mph (175 kph). The core of the storm as of 8 p.m. Wednesday was centered about 25 miles (40 kilometers) north-northeast of Slidell, Louisiana.
I'm sorry I couldn't answer all of them. Good luck in social studies :) Also can i get more points? that took a bit for me..
Answer: Millennials
Explanation:
Those born between 1980 and 1996 are considered to be Millennials. What characterize millennials is they were grown with a pet mentality; where their parents pampared them so much, the are confident, ambitious, they have high expectations and tend to look forward to new challenges at every sphere of life and would walk up to any authority to demand their right.
b. False
this is just false good luck
Answer: surface mining
Explanation:
b.naacp
c.Greenpeace
d.national organization of women
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations