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