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