A) Bulleted Lists B) Sidebar C) Paragraphs D) Heading
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 inform/explain B) To entertain C) To educate D) To persuade
A) Scope B) Tone C) Subject D) Words
A) Facts B) Anecdotes C) Bulleted Lists D) Quotations
A) Scientists have new information about tornadoes. B) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters." C) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring. D) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day.
A) tornadoes to form B) warm air to rise C) wind to blow at different speeds D) thunderstorms to weaken
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) "Extra Ordinary" B) "Tricky Twisters" C) "Tornado Target" D) Recipe for Disaster"
A) Persuade B) Entertain C) Inform D) Show Feeling
A) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall. B) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley." C) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells. D) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others.
A) Describe tornadoes features to readers B) Persuade readers to study tornadoes C) Inform readers about tornadoes D) Express readers' fears of tornadoes
A) persuade states to prepare for storms B) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes C) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors D) express feelings about natural disasters
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) 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) Tornados never form as a result of the creation of a thunderstorm. B) Thunderstorms occur when moist air near the ground rises to meet cold air above. C) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger. D) The most important ingredient in a thunderstorm is moist air.
A) how wind shear is measured B) what wind shear looks like C) how wind shear affects a storm D) how wind shear differs from updrafts
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) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes. C) a small percentage of tornadoes are spawned from squall lines. D) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley.
A) Narrow B) Broad
A) extra details about the story. B) a definition of a key word. C) a short story to prove a point. D) the main idea. |