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