Reading Info Tornado Safety

Tornado Safety

Read the passage and then answer the questions!

Multiple Choice

Which best describes the main idea of the text?

• Tornadoes vary greatly in size and wind speed.

• Tornado warnings are more serious than tornado watches.

• If a person is outside during a tornado, he or she should go inside.

• During a tornado, it is important to follow certain steps to stay safe.

Multiple Choice

Read the sentences below from the text.

"Tornadoes can vary in size. Some are enormous."

What is another word for enormous?

• round

• heavy

• large

• dark

Multiple Choice

Read the following two sentences from the text.

"One tornado was over two and a half miles wide! Some are much, much smaller."

Why did the author probably add the second sentence?

• to show that not all tornadoes are that wide

• to show that all tornadoes are small

• to show what causes tornadoes

• to show how tornadoes form

Multiple Choice

In the third paragraph of the introduction, what does occur mean?

• happen

• sound

• know

• meet

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence below from the text.

"The National Weather Service forecasts that a tornado may develop later."

What does forecast mean?

• be happy

• tell before

• be certain

• wonder about

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence below from the text.

"Dark clouds swirl in the sky."

What does swirl mean?

• straighten

• darken

• move

• spin

Multiple Choice

How are a tornado watch and a tornado warning different?

• A tornado watch means a tornado might form, but a tornado warning means a tornado already had formed.

• A tornado watch means a tornado already has formed, but a tornado warning means a tornado might form.

• A tornado watch is announced on the radio, but a tornado warning is announced on the television.

• A tornado watch is announced on television, but a tornado warning is announced on the radio.

Multiple Choice

Based on the text, what should people do when they are at home during a tornado?

• Run outside to look at the sky unless there is a heavy rain or hail.

• Go to the basement or an inside room on the lowest level.

• Get out of the house to get inside the car.

• Turn off the power in the house.

Multiple Choice

According to the text, tornadoes usually take place in Tornado Alley. Which states are shown in Tornado Alley on the map but are not in the text?

• Nebraska and Iowa

• Nebraska and Kansas

• Oklahoma and Texas

• Oklahoma and Kansas

Multiple Choice

Knowing tornado safety rules is important for people to stay safe. What word means something that is not safe?

• unsafe

• safest

• safely

• safer

Multiple Choice

NOAA Weather Radio is a form of telecommunication. Using your understanding of the word telephone as a clue, what does "telecommunication" mean?

• communication through writing

• communication at a distance

• communication over time

• communication in the air

Multiple Choice

Which word best describes how sure the National Weather Service is that a tornado will happen when it announces a tornado watch?

• know

• believe

• guess

• wonder