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