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 inform/explain B) To educate C) To persuade D) To entertain
A) Words B) Tone C) Scope D) Subject
A) Quotations B) Facts 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) warm air to rise B) wind to blow at different speeds C) thunderstorms to weaken D) tornadoes to form
A) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises. 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) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise.
A) Recipe for Disaster" B) "Tornado Target" C) "Extra Ordinary" D) "Tricky Twisters"
A) Entertain B) Persuade C) Inform D) Show Feeling
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) Describe tornadoes features to readers C) Inform readers about tornadoes D) Persuade readers to study tornadoes
A) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors B) express feelings about natural disasters C) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes D) persuade states to prepare for storms
A) You can use kitchen utensils and ingredients to make a tornado model. 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) The air temperatures during a tornado are similar to the temperatures used in baking.
A) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger. B) Thunderstorms occur when moist air near the ground rises to meet cold air above. 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) what wind shear looks like C) how wind shear differs from updrafts D) how wind shear affects a storm
A) the Great Plains B) high plateaus in Mexico C) a dryline D) the Gulf of Mexico
A) squall lines pose more of a threat in some regions than in others. B) a small percentage of tornadoes are spawned from squall lines. C) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley. D) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes.
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. |