A) Bulleted Lists B) Paragraphs C) Heading D) Sidebar
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 entertain B) To persuade C) To educate D) To inform/explain
A) Scope B) Words C) Subject D) Tone
A) Facts B) Bulleted Lists C) Quotations D) Anecdotes
A) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring. B) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters." C) Scientists have new information about tornadoes. D) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day.
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) Thunderstorms produce vapor that changes into warm condensation in clouds. C) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises. D) Rising air forms a cloud of condensation that warms and maintains a storm.
A) Recipe for Disaster" B) "Tornado Target" C) "Extra Ordinary" D) "Tricky Twisters"
A) Inform B) Entertain C) Persuade D) Show Feeling
A) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others. B) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells. C) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley." D) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall.
A) Describe tornadoes features to readers B) Persuade readers to study tornadoes C) Express readers' fears of tornadoes D) Inform readers about tornadoes
A) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors B) persuade states to prepare for storms C) express feelings about natural disasters D) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes
A) You can use kitchen utensils and ingredients to make a tornado model. B) The air temperatures during a tornado are similar to the temperatures used in baking. C) The author likens the conditions that produce a tornado to ingredients in cooking. D) Scientists use measurements and directions when they study tornadoes' occurrences.
A) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger. B) Tornados never form as a result of the creation of a thunderstorm. C) The most important ingredient in a thunderstorm is moist air. D) Thunderstorms occur when moist air near the ground rises to meet cold air above.
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) high plateaus in Mexico B) a dryline C) the Great Plains D) the Gulf of Mexico
A) a small percentage of tornadoes are spawned from squall lines. B) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes. 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) Narrow B) Broad
A) a definition of a key word. B) the main idea. C) extra details about the story. D) a short story to prove a point. |