A) Bulleted Lists B) Sidebar C) Heading D) Paragraphs
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 persuade C) To inform/explain D) To educate
A) Words B) Scope C) Subject D) Tone
A) Quotations B) Facts C) Bulleted Lists D) Anecdotes
A) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters." B) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring. C) Scientists have new information about tornadoes. D) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day.
A) warm air to rise B) thunderstorms to weaken C) tornadoes to form D) wind to blow at different speeds
A) Thunderstorms produce vapor that changes into warm condensation in clouds. B) Rising air forms a cloud of condensation that warms and maintains a storm. C) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise. D) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises.
A) "Tricky Twisters" B) Recipe for Disaster" C) "Extra Ordinary" D) "Tornado Target"
A) Inform B) Persuade C) Show Feeling D) Entertain
A) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall. B) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells. C) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others. D) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley."
A) Inform readers about tornadoes B) Express readers' fears of tornadoes C) Persuade readers to study tornadoes D) Describe tornadoes features to readers
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) 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) You can use kitchen utensils and ingredients to make a tornado model.
A) Thunderstorms occur when moist air near the ground rises to meet cold air above. B) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger. C) Tornados never form as a result of the creation of a thunderstorm. D) The most important ingredient in a thunderstorm is moist air.
A) how wind shear is measured B) how wind shear differs from updrafts C) how wind shear affects a storm D) what wind shear looks like
A) high plateaus in Mexico B) a dryline C) the Great Plains D) the Gulf of Mexico
A) a small percentage of tornadoes are spawned from squall lines. B) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes. C) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley. D) squall lines pose more of a threat in some regions than in others.
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. |