A) Bulleted Lists B) Paragraphs C) Heading D) Sidebar
A) The story is centered around one specific event. B) The story takes place over a short period of time. C) The author presents many characters. D) The author focuses on one particular location.
A) To educate B) To inform/explain C) To entertain D) To persuade
A) Scope B) Tone C) Subject D) Words
A) Quotations B) Bulleted Lists C) Facts D) Anecdotes
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) thunderstorms to weaken B) tornadoes to form C) wind to blow at different speeds D) warm air to rise
A) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise. 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) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises.
A) Recipe for Disaster" B) "Tricky Twisters" C) "Tornado Target" D) "Extra Ordinary"
A) Show Feeling B) Inform C) Entertain D) Persuade
A) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others. B) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall. C) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells. D) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley."
A) Inform readers about tornadoes B) Describe tornadoes features to readers C) Persuade readers to study tornadoes D) Express readers' fears of tornadoes
A) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes B) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors C) persuade states to prepare for storms D) express feelings about natural disasters
A) Scientists use measurements and directions when they study tornadoes' occurrences. 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) You can use kitchen utensils and ingredients to make a tornado model.
A) Thunderstorms occur when moist air near the ground rises to meet cold air above. B) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger. C) The most important ingredient in a thunderstorm is moist air. D) Tornados never form as a result of the creation of a thunderstorm.
A) how wind shear differs from updrafts B) how wind shear affects a storm C) what wind shear looks like D) how wind shear is measured
A) the Gulf of Mexico B) high plateaus in Mexico C) a dryline 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) extra details about the story. B) the main idea. C) a definition of a key word. D) a short story to prove a point. |