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What is the main topic of the article "Life in the 21st Century?"
TVs are a major part of modern American life
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The author states that TVs are now in labor and delivery rooms. Why is this important?
Because it shows that babies are now being exposed to television during their first moments of life
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What does proliferation mean?
The rapid and often excessive spread or increase of something
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What is the top color in a rainbow?
red
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Based on the article, how have TV's mainly changed in shape?
They have gotten flatter instead of fatter.
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The author states that TVs are now a major appliance in the home. Why is this important?
Because it shows how TVs are just as important as refrigerators or stoves, which cook food and help us survive.
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What does municipal mean?
of or relating to a town or city or its local government
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Pharaoh is the title given to the rulers of which ancient county?

Egypt
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Based on the article, where have TV's started to become located in the home?
Living rooms, bedrooms, and kitchens
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What can we predict about the fact that more children have TVs in their bedrooms?
That they will become more isolated, lonely, and go outside to play and socialize less and less.
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What does taper mean?
to become smaller or thinner toward one end
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What does Fred Flintstone wear around his neck?

a tie
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Based on the article, the author believes that more TV's in the home creates what?
isolation OR loneliness
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What is the author's opinion about the fact that young children can how operate televisions with ease?
That this shows how important TVs have become in the homes, and that children's skills are become more and more technology based.
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What does observation mean?
an act or instance of noticing or perceiving
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What is the name of Harry Potter's owl?

Hedwig
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What is the main idea or theme that this author is trying to communicate to readers?
That TV's are becoming more and more a part of everyday American life
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What do we learn from the article about TVs being dumped in the landfill?
That Americans throw out a ton of TVs and year, and upgrade to newer, better models.
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What does precipitous mean?
extremely or impossibly steep
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What food do Giant Pandas normally eat?

Bamboo