A) Paragraphs B) Bulleted Lists C) Sidebar D) Heading
A) The story takes place over a short period of time. B) The author presents many characters. C) The author focuses on one particular location. D) The story is centered around one specific event.
A) To inform/explain B) To entertain C) To persuade D) To educate
A) Words B) Tone C) Subject D) Scope
A) Facts B) Quotations C) Bulleted Lists D) Anecdotes
A) Scientists have new information about tornadoes. B) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day. C) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring. D) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters."
A) wind to blow at different speeds B) warm air to rise C) thunderstorms to weaken D) tornadoes to form
A) Thunderstorms produce vapor that changes into warm condensation in clouds. B) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises. C) Rising air forms a cloud of condensation that warms and maintains a storm. D) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise.
A) "Tricky Twisters" B) "Tornado Target" C) Recipe for Disaster" D) "Extra Ordinary"
A) Persuade B) Show Feeling C) Entertain D) Inform
A) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley." B) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells. C) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others. D) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall.
A) Express readers' fears of tornadoes B) Describe tornadoes features to readers C) Persuade readers to study tornadoes D) Inform readers about 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) You can use kitchen utensils and ingredients to make a tornado model. B) Scientists use measurements and directions when they study tornadoes' occurrences. C) The air temperatures during a tornado are similar to the temperatures used in baking. D) The author likens the conditions that produce a tornado to ingredients in cooking.
A) The most important ingredient in a thunderstorm is moist air. B) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger. C) Tornados never form as a result of the creation of a thunderstorm. D) Thunderstorms occur when moist air near the ground rises to meet cold air above.
A) how wind shear differs from updrafts B) how wind shear is measured C) what wind shear looks like D) how wind shear affects a storm
A) a dryline B) the Great Plains C) the Gulf of Mexico D) high plateaus in Mexico
A) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley. B) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes. 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) the main idea. C) extra details about the story. D) a short story to prove a point. |