A) Sidebar B) Heading C) Paragraphs D) Bulleted Lists
A) The author presents many characters. B) The author focuses on one particular location. C) The story takes place over a short period of time. D) The story is centered around one specific event.
A) To persuade B) To inform/explain C) To educate D) To entertain
A) Scope B) Tone C) Subject D) Words
A) Quotations B) Facts C) Anecdotes D) Bulleted Lists
A) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day. B) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters." C) Scientists have new information about tornadoes. D) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring.
A) tornadoes to form B) wind to blow at different speeds C) warm air to rise D) thunderstorms to weaken
A) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises. 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) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise.
A) "Extra Ordinary" B) "Tricky Twisters" C) Recipe for Disaster" 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) Inform readers about tornadoes B) Persuade readers to study tornadoes C) Express readers' fears of tornadoes D) Describe tornadoes features to readers
A) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors B) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes C) persuade states to prepare for storms D) express feelings about natural disasters
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) Tornados never form as a result of the creation of a thunderstorm. B) Thunderstorms occur when moist air near the ground rises to meet cold air above. C) The most important ingredient in a thunderstorm is moist air. D) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger.
A) how wind shear is measured B) what wind shear looks like C) how wind shear affects a storm 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) a small percentage of tornadoes are spawned from squall lines. C) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes. D) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley.
A) Broad B) Narrow
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. |