A) Sidebar B) Heading C) Bulleted Lists D) Paragraphs
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 educate B) To persuade C) To inform/explain D) To entertain
A) Tone B) Subject C) Words D) Scope
A) Quotations B) Anecdotes C) Facts D) Bulleted Lists
A) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring. B) Scientists have new information about tornadoes. C) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters." D) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day.
A) wind to blow at different speeds B) thunderstorms to weaken C) tornadoes to form D) warm air to rise
A) Thunderstorms produce vapor that changes into warm condensation in clouds. B) Rising air forms a cloud of condensation that warms and maintains a storm. C) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises. D) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise.
A) Recipe for Disaster" B) "Tornado Target" C) "Tricky Twisters" D) "Extra Ordinary"
A) Show Feeling B) Entertain C) Persuade D) Inform
A) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall. B) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley." C) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others. D) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells.
A) Persuade readers to study tornadoes B) Inform readers about tornadoes C) Describe tornadoes features to readers D) Express readers' fears of tornadoes
A) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes B) express feelings about natural disasters C) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors D) persuade states to prepare for storms
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) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger. D) Tornados never form as a result of the creation of a thunderstorm.
A) how wind shear affects a storm B) how wind shear is measured C) how wind shear differs from updrafts D) what wind shear looks like
A) a dryline B) high plateaus in Mexico C) the Great Plains D) the Gulf of Mexico
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) a short story to prove a point. B) a definition of a key word. C) the main idea. D) extra details about the story. |