A) Paragraphs B) Heading C) Bulleted Lists D) Sidebar
A) The author presents many characters. B) The author focuses on one particular location. 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 educate D) To inform/explain
A) Tone B) Scope C) Subject D) Words
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) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring. D) Scientists have new information about tornadoes.
A) tornadoes to form B) warm air to rise C) wind to blow at different speeds D) thunderstorms to weaken
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) "Tornado Target" B) "Extra Ordinary" C) Recipe for Disaster" D) "Tricky Twisters"
A) Inform B) Persuade C) Show Feeling D) Entertain
A) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley." B) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall. C) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others. D) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells.
A) Describe tornadoes features to readers B) Express readers' fears of tornadoes C) Persuade readers to study tornadoes D) Inform readers about tornadoes
A) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes B) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors C) persuade states to prepare for storms D) express feelings about natural disasters
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 air temperatures during a tornado are similar to the temperatures used in baking. D) The author likens the conditions that produce a tornado to ingredients in cooking.
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 affects a storm B) what wind shear looks like C) how wind shear is measured D) how wind shear differs from updrafts
A) high plateaus in Mexico B) a dryline C) the Gulf of Mexico D) the Great Plains
A) squall lines pose more of a threat in some regions than in others. B) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley. C) a small percentage of tornadoes are spawned from squall lines. D) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes.
A) Narrow B) Broad
A) the main idea. B) extra details about the story. C) a definition of a key word. D) a short story to prove a point. |