A) Bulleted Lists B) Heading C) Paragraphs D) Sidebar
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 inform/explain B) To educate C) To entertain D) To persuade
A) Tone B) Words C) Scope D) Subject
A) Anecdotes B) Bulleted Lists C) Facts D) Quotations
A) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters." B) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day. C) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring. D) Scientists have new information about tornadoes.
A) thunderstorms to weaken B) wind to blow at different speeds C) tornadoes to form D) warm air to rise
A) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises. B) Rising air forms a cloud of condensation that warms and maintains a storm. C) Thunderstorms produce vapor that changes into warm condensation in clouds. D) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise.
A) "Tornado Target" B) Recipe for Disaster" C) "Extra Ordinary" D) "Tricky Twisters"
A) Inform B) Show Feeling C) Entertain D) Persuade
A) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others. B) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells. C) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall. D) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley."
A) Inform readers about tornadoes B) Persuade readers to study tornadoes C) Express readers' fears of tornadoes D) Describe tornadoes features to readers
A) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors B) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes C) persuade states to prepare for storms D) express feelings about natural disasters
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) 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 is measured B) how wind shear affects a storm C) how wind shear differs from updrafts D) what wind shear looks like
A) the Gulf of Mexico B) the Great Plains C) a dryline D) high plateaus in Mexico
A) squall lines pose more of a threat in some regions than in others. B) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley. C) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes. D) a small percentage of tornadoes are spawned from squall lines.
A) Broad B) Narrow
A) extra details about the story. B) a definition of a key word. C) the main idea. D) a short story to prove a point. |