MMA Answers for: 02/08/99

ANSWER TO MATH QUESTION:

+82 degrees f. and - 37 degrees f. = 119 degrees f. difference in temperature

ANSWER TO SCIENCE QUESTION:

Buzzards Bay. Salt water is more dense at 64.0 pounds per sq. ft.

Fresh water is 62.4 pounds per sq. ft.

ANSWER TO GEOGRAPHY QUESTION:

Ponce de Leon , The name Puerto Rico means "Rich Port"

ANSWER TO HISTORY QUESTION:

United States Congress in 1952.


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