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