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