A) Bulleted Lists B) Sidebar C) Heading D) Paragraphs
A) The story takes place over a short period of time. B) The story is centered around one specific event. C) The author presents many characters. D) The author focuses on one particular location.
A) To entertain B) To inform/explain C) To educate D) To persuade
A) Words B) Tone C) Subject D) Scope
A) Facts B) Bulleted Lists C) Anecdotes D) Quotations
A) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring. B) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day. C) Scientists have new information about tornadoes. D) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters."
A) thunderstorms to weaken B) warm air to rise C) wind to blow at different speeds D) tornadoes to form
A) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises. B) Rising air forms a cloud of condensation that warms and maintains a storm. C) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise. D) Thunderstorms produce vapor that changes into warm condensation in clouds.
A) "Tornado Target" B) "Tricky Twisters" C) "Extra Ordinary" D) Recipe for Disaster"
A) Show Feeling B) Persuade C) Inform D) Entertain
A) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others. B) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells. C) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley." D) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall.
A) Describe tornadoes features to readers B) Express readers' fears of tornadoes 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 air temperatures during a tornado are similar to the temperatures used in baking. C) The author likens the conditions that produce a tornado to ingredients in cooking. D) Scientists use measurements and directions when they study tornadoes' occurrences.
A) Tornados never form as a result of the creation of a thunderstorm. B) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger. C) Thunderstorms occur when moist air near the ground rises to meet cold air above. D) The most important ingredient in a thunderstorm is moist air.
A) what wind shear looks like B) how wind shear is measured C) how wind shear differs from updrafts D) how wind shear affects a storm
A) the Gulf of Mexico B) a dryline C) high plateaus in Mexico D) the Great Plains
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) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes. D) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley.
A) Broad B) Narrow
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. |