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