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