A) Paragraphs B) Sidebar C) Heading D) Bulleted Lists
A) The author focuses on one particular location. B) The story takes place over a short period of time. C) The story is centered around one specific event. D) The author presents many characters.
A) To persuade B) To educate C) To inform/explain D) To entertain
A) Words B) Scope C) Subject D) Tone
A) Anecdotes B) Quotations C) Bulleted Lists D) Facts
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) warm air to rise B) wind to blow at different speeds C) tornadoes to form D) thunderstorms to weaken
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) Recipe for Disaster" B) "Extra Ordinary" C) "Tornado Target" D) "Tricky Twisters"
A) Show Feeling B) Persuade C) Entertain D) Inform
A) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others. B) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall. C) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley." D) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells.
A) Inform readers about tornadoes B) Express readers' fears of tornadoes C) Describe tornadoes features to readers D) Persuade readers to study tornadoes
A) persuade states to prepare for storms B) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes C) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors D) express feelings about natural disasters
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) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger. C) Tornados never form as a result of the creation of a thunderstorm. D) Thunderstorms occur when moist air near the ground rises to meet cold air above.
A) how wind shear differs from updrafts B) how wind shear is measured C) what wind shear looks like D) how wind shear affects a storm
A) the Great Plains B) a dryline C) high plateaus in Mexico D) the Gulf of Mexico
A) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley. B) a small percentage of tornadoes are spawned from squall lines. C) squall lines pose more of a threat in some regions than in others. D) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes.
A) Broad B) Narrow
A) extra details about the story. B) the main idea. C) a definition of a key word. D) a short story to prove a point. |