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