Wk 34 State Dailies

Monday: 
Wabash is known as the first electrically lighted city in the world. On March 31, 1880, the lights went on in Wabash, which is in northern Indiana. At that time, the cost for lighting the entire city for one year was about $800.

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Wabash was the first electrically lighted in the . (Choose the two words to complete the sentence correctly.)

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What do you think was used to light the town before electricity?

Tuesday: 
Spring is tornado season in Indiana. Tornadoes are violent, destructive whirling winds accompanied bya funnel-shaped cloud that touches down in a narrow path over the land. The longest-lasting tornado reported in the state touched down in Otterbein in 1974 and kept going until it reached LaGrange County--121 miles away!

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Tornadoes in Indiana are most likely to occur in what season?

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Tornado clouds are called ___________ clouds.

Wednesday: 
Indiana has a long history in automobiles. More than 500 different kinds of motor vehicles have either been assembled or manufactured in towns across the state. During World War II, Indiana was the chief supplier of Studebaker trucks, cars, and amphibious vehicles used in the war effort. 

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Automobile manufacturing has been an important industry in Indiana.

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What does an "amphibious" vehicle do?

Thursday: 
Arthur Banta was a zoologist who became famous for studying how the environment affects cave animals. Zoology is the study of animals. Arthur was born in 1877 in Greenwood. 

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Wabash was the first electrically lighted ________ in the ________. (Choose the two words to complete the sentence correctly.)

What do you think was used to light the town before electricity?

Tornadoes in Indiana are most likely to occur in what season?

Tornado clouds are called ___________ clouds.

Automobile manufacturing has been an important industry in Indiana.

What does an "amphibious" vehicle do?

Arthur studied:

Wabash was the first electrically lighted in the . (Choose the two words to complete the sentence correctly.)