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