A) Paragraphs B) Bulleted Lists C) Sidebar 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 persuade B) To inform/explain C) To entertain D) To educate
A) Words B) Scope C) Subject D) Tone
A) Bulleted Lists B) Quotations C) Facts D) Anecdotes
A) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day. B) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring. C) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters." 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) Rising air forms a cloud of condensation that warms and maintains a storm. B) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise. C) Thunderstorms produce vapor that changes into warm condensation in clouds. D) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises.
A) "Tornado Target" B) Recipe for Disaster" C) "Tricky Twisters" D) "Extra Ordinary"
A) Inform B) Entertain C) Persuade D) Show Feeling
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) express feelings about natural disasters C) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors D) persuade states to prepare for storms
A) Scientists use measurements and directions when they study tornadoes' occurrences. B) The author likens the conditions that produce a tornado to ingredients in cooking. C) The air temperatures during a tornado are similar to the temperatures used in baking. D) You can use kitchen utensils and ingredients to make a tornado model.
A) The most important ingredient in a thunderstorm is moist air. B) Tornados never form as a result of the creation of a thunderstorm. C) Thunderstorms occur when moist air near the ground rises to meet cold air above. D) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger.
A) how wind shear differs from updrafts B) how wind shear affects a storm C) how wind shear is measured D) what wind shear looks like
A) the Gulf of Mexico B) a dryline C) high plateaus in Mexico D) the Great Plains
A) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes. B) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley. C) squall lines pose more of a threat in some regions than in others. D) a small percentage of tornadoes are spawned from squall lines.
A) Broad B) Narrow
A) a definition of a key word. B) extra details about the story. C) a short story to prove a point. D) the main idea. |