A) Sidebar B) Bulleted Lists C) Paragraphs D) Heading
A) The story is centered around one specific event. B) The author focuses on one particular location. C) The story takes place over a short period of time. D) The author presents many characters.
A) To entertain B) To persuade C) To inform/explain D) To educate
A) Tone B) Scope C) Subject D) Words
A) Quotations B) Bulleted Lists C) Anecdotes D) Facts
A) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters." B) Scientists have new information about tornadoes. C) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring. D) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day.
A) tornadoes to form B) warm air to rise C) thunderstorms to weaken 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) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises. D) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise.
A) "Extra Ordinary" B) "Tornado Target" C) Recipe for Disaster" D) "Tricky Twisters"
A) Entertain B) Inform C) Show Feeling D) Persuade
A) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others. B) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley." C) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells. D) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall.
A) Express readers' fears of tornadoes B) Inform readers about tornadoes C) Persuade readers to study tornadoes D) Describe tornadoes features to readers
A) express feelings about natural disasters B) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes C) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors D) persuade states to prepare for storms
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) 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) what wind shear looks like B) how wind shear affects a storm C) how wind shear differs from updrafts D) how wind shear is measured
A) the Great Plains B) a dryline C) the Gulf of Mexico D) high plateaus in Mexico
A) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley. B) squall lines pose more of a threat in some regions than in others. C) a small percentage of tornadoes are spawned from squall lines. 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. |