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