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