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This week on CNN 10, we heard from some students about how restricting cell phones in the classroom has changed their ability to learn and examined how Florida lawmakers propose to fill low-wage jobs in the state. We also learned about the latest changes to tariffs imposed by the US, and what less frequent weather balloon launches mean for weather forecasts. We wrapped the week up by learning about the invention of the world’s smallest cardiac pacemaker.
All this and more on this week’s CNN 10! Weekly News Quiz 1) From Monday’s episode, the Alamo was an important 1832 battle site in Texas’ fight for independence from what country? 2) Weather balloons carry what instrument to gather atmospheric data to build weather forecasts? 3) The process of light bending as it passes from one medium to another, like when light passes through raindrops to create the colors of a rainbow, is called what? 4) What 18th-century law has historically only been used in the US during times of war? 5) The Navy commissioned a nuclear submarine designed to accommodate male and female personnel. What US state is the submarine named after? 6) What British city is enduring growing trash piles and rat infestations because of a garbage collector strike? 7) A Senate committee heard testimony from the nominee to head what US space agency? 8) A Dallas-based bioscience company announced this week that it created a hybrid species of the extinct dire wolf by utilizing the DNA of what modern animal? 9) From today’s episode, measles is a contagious disease that can linger in the air for how long after an infected person leaves an area? 10) Scientists at what university have developed an experimental cardiac pacemaker that is as small as a sesame seed?.
