A) Paragraphs B) Sidebar C) Bulleted Lists D) Heading
A) The author presents many characters. B) The story takes place over a short period of time. C) The author focuses on one particular location. D) The story is centered around one specific event.
A) To persuade B) To inform/explain C) To entertain D) To educate
A) Scope B) Subject C) Words D) Tone
A) Facts B) Anecdotes C) Bulleted Lists D) Quotations
A) Scientists have new information about tornadoes. B) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring. C) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day. D) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters."
A) warm air to rise B) thunderstorms to weaken C) wind to blow at different speeds D) tornadoes to form
A) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise. B) Rising air forms a cloud of condensation that warms and maintains a storm. C) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises. D) Thunderstorms produce vapor that changes into warm condensation in clouds.
A) "Tricky Twisters" B) "Extra Ordinary" C) Recipe for Disaster" D) "Tornado Target"
A) Entertain B) Inform C) Show Feeling D) Persuade
A) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall. B) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells. C) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley." D) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others.
A) Describe tornadoes features to readers B) Persuade readers to study tornadoes C) Express readers' fears of tornadoes D) Inform readers about tornadoes
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) Scientists use measurements and directions when they study tornadoes' occurrences. B) You can use kitchen utensils and ingredients to make a tornado model. C) The air temperatures during a tornado are similar to the temperatures used in baking. D) The author likens the conditions that produce a tornado to ingredients in cooking.
A) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger. B) Tornados never form as a result of the creation of a thunderstorm. C) Thunderstorms occur when moist air near the ground rises to meet cold air above. D) The most important ingredient in a thunderstorm is moist air.
A) how wind shear differs from updrafts B) how wind shear is measured C) how wind shear affects a storm D) what wind shear looks like
A) the Gulf of Mexico B) high plateaus in Mexico C) the Great Plains D) a dryline
A) squall lines pose more of a threat in some regions than in others. B) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley. C) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes. D) a small percentage of tornadoes are spawned from squall lines.
A) Broad B) Narrow
A) a short story to prove a point. B) the main idea. C) a definition of a key word. D) extra details about the story. |