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