A) Bulleted Lists B) Heading C) Sidebar D) Paragraphs
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 educate B) To persuade C) To entertain D) To inform/explain
A) Subject B) Tone C) Words D) Scope
A) Quotations B) Bulleted Lists C) Facts D) Anecdotes
A) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day. B) Scientists have new information about tornadoes. C) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters." D) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring.
A) wind to blow at different speeds B) warm air to rise C) thunderstorms to weaken D) tornadoes to form
A) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises. B) Thunderstorms produce vapor that changes into warm condensation in clouds. C) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise. D) Rising air forms a cloud of condensation that warms and maintains a storm.
A) Recipe for Disaster" B) "Tricky Twisters" C) "Tornado Target" D) "Extra Ordinary"
A) Entertain B) Persuade C) Inform D) Show Feeling
A) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells. B) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley." C) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall. D) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others.
A) Express readers' fears of tornadoes B) Inform readers about tornadoes C) Describe tornadoes features to readers D) Persuade readers to study tornadoes
A) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors B) express feelings about natural disasters C) persuade states to prepare for storms D) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes
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 occur when moist air near the ground rises to meet cold air above. B) The most important ingredient in a thunderstorm is moist air. C) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger. D) Tornados never form as a result of the creation of a thunderstorm.
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) a dryline C) the Great Plains 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) extra details about the story. B) a short story to prove a point. C) a definition of a key word. D) the main idea. |