A) Sidebar B) Bulleted Lists C) Heading D) Paragraphs
A) The story takes place over a short period of time. B) The story is centered around one specific event. C) The author focuses on one particular location. D) The author presents many characters.
A) To educate B) To entertain C) To inform/explain D) To persuade
A) Tone B) Scope C) Words D) Subject
A) Quotations B) Anecdotes C) Bulleted Lists D) Facts
A) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters." B) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring. C) Scientists have new information about tornadoes. D) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day.
A) wind to blow at different speeds B) warm air to rise C) thunderstorms to weaken D) tornadoes to form
A) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises. B) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise. C) Thunderstorms produce vapor that changes into warm condensation in clouds. D) Rising air forms a cloud of condensation that warms and maintains a storm.
A) "Tornado Target" B) Recipe for Disaster" C) "Extra Ordinary" D) "Tricky Twisters"
A) Inform B) Entertain C) Persuade D) Show Feeling
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) Express readers' fears of tornadoes B) Persuade readers to study tornadoes C) Describe tornadoes features to readers D) Inform readers about tornadoes
A) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes B) express feelings about natural disasters C) persuade states to prepare for storms D) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors
A) Scientists use measurements and directions when they study tornadoes' occurrences. B) You can use kitchen utensils and ingredients to make a tornado model. C) The air temperatures during a tornado are similar to the temperatures used in baking. D) The author likens the conditions that produce a tornado to ingredients in cooking.
A) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger. 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) The most important ingredient in a thunderstorm is moist air.
A) how wind shear affects a storm B) how wind shear differs from updrafts C) what wind shear looks like D) how wind shear is measured
A) high plateaus in Mexico B) the Gulf of Mexico C) a dryline D) the Great Plains
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 short story to prove a point. C) the main idea. D) a definition of a key word. |