A) Paragraphs B) Bulleted Lists C) Heading D) Sidebar
A) The author focuses on one particular location. B) The story takes place over a short period of time. C) The author presents many characters. D) The story is centered around one specific event.
A) To entertain B) To inform/explain C) To educate D) To persuade
A) Scope B) Subject C) Tone D) Words
A) Quotations B) Anecdotes C) Facts D) Bulleted Lists
A) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day. B) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring. C) Scientists have new information about tornadoes. D) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters."
A) tornadoes to form B) thunderstorms to weaken C) warm air to rise 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) Recipe for Disaster" B) "Tricky Twisters" C) "Tornado Target" D) "Extra Ordinary"
A) Show Feeling B) Persuade C) Entertain D) Inform
A) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley." B) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall. C) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells. D) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others.
A) Describe tornadoes features to readers B) Inform readers about tornadoes C) Express readers' fears of tornadoes D) Persuade readers to study tornadoes
A) express feelings about natural disasters B) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors C) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes D) persuade states to prepare for storms
A) Scientists use measurements and directions when they study tornadoes' occurrences. B) You can use kitchen utensils and ingredients to make a tornado model. 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 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) 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) the Great Plains C) high plateaus in Mexico D) a dryline
A) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley. B) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes. C) a small percentage of tornadoes are spawned from squall lines. D) squall lines pose more of a threat in some regions than in others.
A) Broad B) Narrow
A) extra details about the story. B) the main idea. C) a short story to prove a point. D) a definition of a key word. |