A) Heading B) Sidebar C) Paragraphs D) Bulleted Lists
A) The story takes place over a short period of time. B) The story is centered around one specific event. C) The author presents many characters. D) The author focuses on one particular location.
A) To persuade B) To educate C) To entertain D) To inform/explain
A) Scope B) Tone C) Words D) Subject
A) Quotations B) Bulleted Lists C) Facts D) Anecdotes
A) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day. B) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters." C) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring. D) Scientists have new information about tornadoes.
A) tornadoes to form B) thunderstorms to weaken C) warm air to rise D) wind to blow at different speeds
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) Recipe for Disaster" B) "Extra Ordinary" C) "Tornado Target" 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) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall. D) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others.
A) Express readers' fears of tornadoes B) Inform readers about tornadoes C) Describe tornadoes features to readers D) Persuade readers to study 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) You can use kitchen utensils and ingredients to make a tornado model. B) The author likens the conditions that produce a tornado to ingredients in cooking. C) Scientists use measurements and directions when they study tornadoes' occurrences. D) The air temperatures during a tornado are similar to the temperatures used in baking.
A) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger. B) Thunderstorms occur when moist air near the ground rises to meet cold air above. C) The most important ingredient in a thunderstorm is moist air. D) Tornados never form as a result of the creation of a thunderstorm.
A) how wind shear affects a storm B) what wind shear looks like C) how wind shear is measured D) how wind shear differs from updrafts
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) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley. 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) extra details about the story. C) a definition of a key word. D) the main idea. |