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