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