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__**REAL WORLD VIRUSES AND HOW THEY EFFECT US**__ **(This is a 2-part assignment)**

Read the following article, cut and paste the questions in an email then answer the questions below:

1. What is the main idea of the article (please do not write the title of the article)? 2. The title of the article is "Brain-Eating Amoeba Lurk in U.S. Lakes. But Should You Worry?" Did the article answer the question? How? 3. What is similar between the air borne diseases you just learned about and the brain eating amoeba you just read about? How are they caught that makes them similar as well? 4. Why do you think the amoeba mostly attacks boys? What kind of inference can you make about that? 5. Why would widespread testing of the bodies of water where the amoeba live cause unnecessary panic?

**(worth 1 point)**

Now watch the video on this website and answer the rest of the questions.

6. How does the video discuss the same exact topic? 7. What are the biggest differences between the article and the video? 8. List two questions you have about the article and two questions you have about the video. What else do you want to know? 9. Does this remind you of anything you've ever seen or heard before? What? 10. What do you think about all of this? How does this relate to your life?

**(worth 1 point)**


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