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