A) Heading B) Bulleted Lists C) Sidebar D) Paragraphs
A) The author focuses on one particular location. B) The story takes place over a short period of time. C) The author presents many characters. D) The story is centered around one specific event.
A) To educate B) To entertain C) To inform/explain D) To persuade
A) Words B) Subject C) Tone D) Scope
A) Quotations B) Bulleted Lists C) Facts D) Anecdotes
A) Scientists have new information about tornadoes. B) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day. C) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring. D) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters."
A) tornadoes to form B) warm air to rise C) thunderstorms to weaken D) wind to blow at different speeds
A) Rising air forms a cloud of condensation that warms and maintains a storm. B) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise. C) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises. D) Thunderstorms produce vapor that changes into warm condensation in clouds.
A) "Extra Ordinary" B) "Tricky Twisters" C) "Tornado Target" D) Recipe for Disaster"
A) Entertain B) Show Feeling C) Inform D) Persuade
A) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall. B) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others. C) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley." D) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells.
A) Express readers' fears of tornadoes B) Persuade readers to study tornadoes C) Inform readers about tornadoes D) Describe tornadoes features to readers
A) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors B) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes C) express feelings about natural disasters D) persuade states to prepare for storms
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 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) Tornados never form as a result of the creation of a thunderstorm. B) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger. 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) what wind shear looks like B) how wind shear is measured C) how wind shear differs from updrafts D) how wind shear affects a storm
A) high plateaus in Mexico B) the Gulf of Mexico C) a dryline D) the Great Plains
A) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley. 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) 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. |