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A) The story is centered around one specific event. B) The author focuses on one particular location. C) The author presents many characters. D) The story takes place over a short period of time.
A) To educate B) To persuade C) To entertain D) To inform/explain
A) Words B) Scope C) Subject D) Tone
A) Bulleted Lists B) Facts C) Anecdotes D) Quotations
A) Scientists have new information about tornadoes. B) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day. C) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters." D) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring.
A) warm air to rise B) wind to blow at different speeds C) thunderstorms to weaken D) tornadoes to form
A) Rising air forms a cloud of condensation that warms and maintains a storm. B) Thunderstorms produce vapor that changes into warm condensation in clouds. C) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise. D) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises.
A) Recipe for Disaster" B) "Tricky Twisters" C) "Tornado Target" D) "Extra Ordinary"
A) Inform B) Show Feeling C) Entertain D) Persuade
A) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells. B) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others. C) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall. D) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley."
A) Persuade readers to study tornadoes B) Express readers' fears of tornadoes C) Inform readers about tornadoes D) Describe tornadoes features to readers
A) persuade states to prepare for storms B) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes C) express feelings about natural disasters D) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors
A) The author likens the conditions that produce a tornado to ingredients in cooking. B) You can use kitchen utensils and ingredients to make a tornado model. C) Scientists use measurements and directions when they study tornadoes' occurrences. D) The air temperatures during a tornado are similar to the temperatures used in baking.
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) what wind shear looks like B) how wind shear differs from updrafts C) how wind shear affects a storm D) how wind shear is measured
A) the Great Plains B) the Gulf of Mexico C) a dryline D) high plateaus in Mexico
A) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes. B) a small percentage of tornadoes are spawned from squall lines. C) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley. 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. |