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