A) Heading B) Paragraphs C) Bulleted Lists D) Sidebar
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) Tone B) Subject C) Scope D) Words
A) Quotations B) Anecdotes C) Facts D) Bulleted Lists
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) warm air to rise C) wind to blow at different speeds D) tornadoes to form
A) Thunderstorms produce vapor that changes into warm condensation in clouds. B) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises. C) Rising air forms a cloud of condensation that warms and maintains a storm. D) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise.
A) "Extra Ordinary" B) Recipe for Disaster" C) "Tricky Twisters" D) "Tornado Target"
A) Show Feeling B) Inform C) Persuade D) Entertain
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) Describe tornadoes features to readers B) Express readers' fears of tornadoes C) Persuade readers to study tornadoes D) Inform readers about tornadoes
A) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors B) persuade states to prepare for storms C) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes D) express feelings about natural disasters
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) the Gulf of Mexico B) a dryline C) high plateaus in Mexico D) the Great Plains
A) a small percentage of tornadoes are spawned from squall lines. B) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes. C) squall lines pose more of a threat in some regions than in others. D) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley.
A) Broad B) Narrow
A) a definition of a key word. B) the main idea. C) extra details about the story. D) a short story to prove a point. |