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