A) Bulleted Lists B) Heading C) Paragraphs D) Sidebar
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 persuade B) To educate C) To entertain D) To inform/explain
A) Tone B) Scope C) Words D) Subject
A) Quotations B) Facts C) Anecdotes D) Bulleted Lists
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) tornadoes to form B) warm air to rise C) wind to blow at different speeds D) thunderstorms to weaken
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) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise. D) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises.
A) "Tricky Twisters" B) "Extra Ordinary" C) Recipe for Disaster" D) "Tornado Target"
A) Inform B) Entertain C) Persuade D) Show Feeling
A) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others. B) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall. C) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells. D) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley."
A) Express readers' fears of tornadoes B) Inform readers about tornadoes C) Persuade readers to study tornadoes D) Describe tornadoes features to readers
A) persuade states to prepare for storms B) express feelings about natural disasters C) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors D) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes
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) 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) a dryline B) high plateaus in Mexico C) the Great Plains D) the Gulf of Mexico
A) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes. 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) 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. |