A) Sidebar B) Bulleted Lists C) Paragraphs D) Heading
A) The author presents many characters. B) The story is centered around one specific event. C) The story takes place over a short period of time. D) The author focuses on one particular location.
A) To educate B) To inform/explain C) To entertain D) To persuade
A) Scope B) Words C) Tone D) Subject
A) Facts B) Bulleted Lists C) Anecdotes D) Quotations
A) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring. B) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters." C) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day. D) Scientists have new information about tornadoes.
A) wind to blow at different speeds B) warm air to rise C) tornadoes to form D) thunderstorms to weaken
A) Thunderstorms produce vapor that changes into warm condensation in clouds. B) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise. C) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises. D) Rising air forms a cloud of condensation that warms and maintains a storm.
A) "Extra Ordinary" B) Recipe for Disaster" C) "Tricky Twisters" D) "Tornado Target"
A) Persuade B) Entertain C) Inform D) Show Feeling
A) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others. B) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley." C) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall. D) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells.
A) Express readers' fears of tornadoes B) Persuade readers to study tornadoes C) Describe tornadoes features to readers D) Inform readers about tornadoes
A) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes B) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors C) persuade states to prepare for storms D) express feelings about natural disasters
A) The author likens the conditions that produce a tornado to ingredients in cooking. B) You can use kitchen utensils and ingredients to make a tornado model. C) The air temperatures during a tornado are similar to the temperatures used in baking. D) Scientists use measurements and directions when they study tornadoes' occurrences.
A) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger. B) Thunderstorms occur when moist air near the ground rises to meet cold air above. C) Tornados never form as a result of the creation of a thunderstorm. D) The most important ingredient in a thunderstorm is moist air.
A) how wind shear affects a storm B) how wind shear differs from updrafts C) what wind shear looks like D) how wind shear is measured
A) the Gulf of Mexico B) a dryline C) high plateaus in Mexico D) the Great Plains
A) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley. B) a small percentage of tornadoes are spawned from squall lines. C) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes. D) squall lines pose more of a threat in some regions than in others.
A) Broad B) Narrow
A) extra details about the story. B) a short story to prove a point. C) the main idea. D) a definition of a key word. |