A) Sidebar B) Bulleted Lists C) Paragraphs D) Heading
A) The story takes place over a short period of time. B) The author presents many characters. C) The story is centered around one specific event. D) The author focuses on one particular location.
A) To inform/explain B) To educate C) To entertain D) To persuade
A) Scope B) Tone C) Subject D) Words
A) Bulleted Lists B) Quotations C) Anecdotes D) Facts
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) warm air to rise C) wind to blow at different speeds D) thunderstorms to weaken
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) "Tricky Twisters" B) "Tornado Target" C) Recipe for Disaster" D) "Extra Ordinary"
A) Inform B) Show Feeling C) Persuade D) Entertain
A) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells. B) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley." C) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others. D) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall.
A) Express readers' fears of tornadoes B) Persuade readers to study tornadoes C) Describe tornadoes features to readers D) Inform readers about tornadoes
A) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes B) express feelings about natural disasters C) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors D) persuade states to prepare for storms
A) Scientists use measurements and directions when they study tornadoes' occurrences. B) The air temperatures during a tornado are similar to the temperatures used in baking. C) You can use kitchen utensils and ingredients to make a tornado model. D) The author likens the conditions that produce a tornado to ingredients in cooking.
A) Thunderstorms occur when moist air near the ground rises to meet cold air above. B) The most important ingredient in a thunderstorm is moist air. C) Tornados never form as a result of the creation of a thunderstorm. D) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger.
A) how wind shear affects a storm B) what wind shear looks like C) how wind shear is measured D) how wind shear differs from updrafts
A) a dryline B) the Great Plains C) high plateaus in Mexico D) the Gulf of Mexico
A) a small percentage of tornadoes are spawned from squall lines. B) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley. C) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes. D) squall lines pose more of a threat in some regions than in others.
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. |