A) Heading B) Bulleted Lists C) Sidebar D) Paragraphs
A) The author focuses on one particular location. B) The story takes place over a short period of time. C) The story is centered around one specific event. D) The author presents many characters.
A) To educate B) To inform/explain C) To persuade D) To entertain
A) Tone B) Scope C) Subject D) Words
A) Bulleted Lists B) Anecdotes C) Quotations D) Facts
A) Scientists have new information about tornadoes. B) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters." C) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day. D) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring.
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) Rising air forms a cloud of condensation that warms and maintains a storm. C) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise. D) Thunderstorms produce vapor that changes into warm condensation in clouds.
A) "Tornado Target" B) Recipe for Disaster" C) "Extra Ordinary" D) "Tricky Twisters"
A) Entertain B) Persuade C) Show Feeling D) Inform
A) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells. B) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley." 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) Inform readers about tornadoes D) Describe tornadoes features to readers
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) The author likens the conditions that produce a tornado to ingredients in cooking. 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) Scientists use measurements and directions when they study tornadoes' occurrences.
A) Thunderstorms occur when moist air near the ground rises to meet cold air above. B) The most important ingredient in a thunderstorm is moist air. C) Tornados never form as a result of the creation of a thunderstorm. D) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger.
A) how wind shear is measured B) how wind shear affects a storm C) how wind shear differs from updrafts D) what wind shear looks like
A) high plateaus in Mexico B) a dryline C) the Gulf of Mexico D) the Great Plains
A) a small percentage of tornadoes are spawned from squall lines. B) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes. C) squall lines pose more of a threat in some regions than in others. D) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley.
A) Narrow B) Broad
A) the main idea. B) a short story to prove a point. C) extra details about the story. D) a definition of a key word. |