A) Bulleted Lists B) Sidebar C) Paragraphs D) Heading
A) The story takes place over a short period of time. B) The author presents many characters. C) The author focuses on one particular location. D) The story is centered around one specific event.
A) To entertain B) To educate C) To persuade D) To inform/explain
A) Tone B) Words C) Subject D) Scope
A) Facts B) Anecdotes C) Bulleted Lists D) Quotations
A) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters." B) Scientists have new information about tornadoes. C) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day. D) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring.
A) thunderstorms to weaken B) tornadoes to form C) warm air to rise D) wind to blow at different speeds
A) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises. B) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise. C) Rising air forms a cloud of condensation that warms and maintains a storm. D) Thunderstorms produce vapor that changes into warm condensation in clouds.
A) Recipe for Disaster" B) "Extra Ordinary" C) "Tricky Twisters" D) "Tornado Target"
A) Persuade B) Show Feeling C) Entertain D) Inform
A) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley." B) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others. C) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells. D) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall.
A) Express readers' fears of tornadoes B) Persuade readers to study tornadoes C) Inform readers about tornadoes D) Describe tornadoes features to readers
A) express feelings about natural disasters B) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors C) persuade states to prepare for storms D) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes
A) The author likens the conditions that produce a tornado to ingredients in cooking. B) The air temperatures during a tornado are similar to the temperatures used in baking. C) You can use kitchen utensils and ingredients to make a tornado model. 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) The most important ingredient in a thunderstorm is moist air. C) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger. D) Thunderstorms occur when moist air near the ground rises to meet cold air above.
A) what wind shear looks like B) how wind shear is measured C) how wind shear affects a storm D) how wind shear differs from updrafts
A) the Great Plains B) the Gulf of Mexico C) a dryline D) high plateaus in Mexico
A) squall lines pose more of a threat in some regions than in others. B) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes. C) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley. D) a small percentage of tornadoes are spawned from squall lines.
A) Narrow B) Broad
A) extra details about the story. B) a short story to prove a point. C) the main idea. D) a definition of a key word. |