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