A) Bulleted Lists B) Sidebar C) Paragraphs D) Heading
A) The story is centered around one specific event. B) The author presents many characters. C) The author focuses on one particular location. D) The story takes place over a short period of time.
A) To educate B) To entertain C) To persuade D) To inform/explain
A) Tone B) Scope C) Subject D) Words
A) Facts B) Bulleted Lists C) Quotations D) Anecdotes
A) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day. B) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring. C) Scientists have new information about tornadoes. D) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters."
A) tornadoes to form B) thunderstorms to weaken C) warm air to rise D) wind to blow at different speeds
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) "Tornado Target" C) "Extra Ordinary" D) Recipe for Disaster"
A) Entertain B) Inform C) Persuade D) Show Feeling
A) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others. B) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells. C) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley." D) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall.
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) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors D) persuade states to prepare for storms
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) The author likens the conditions that produce a tornado to ingredients in cooking. 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) Thunderstorms occur when moist air near the ground rises to meet cold air above. C) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger. D) The most important ingredient in a thunderstorm is moist air.
A) how wind shear differs from updrafts B) how wind shear affects a storm C) what wind shear looks like D) how wind shear is measured
A) a dryline B) high plateaus in Mexico C) the Gulf of Mexico D) the Great Plains
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) 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) extra details about the story. B) the main idea. C) a short story to prove a point. D) a definition of a key word. |