Extreme Weather: Lightning and Cold

In the Lightning section of the unit, the author states that, "Planes today are built to resist direct lightning strikes." What does the word "resist" mean in this sentence?

• refrain from doing something foolish or unwise

• struggle or fight back

• withstand the effect of

• give in to

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

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CCSS.RL.5.1

When Susan Arnold talks about being struck by lightning, she says, "I was blasted off my feet in a roaring vortex of energy and sound." What is a vortex?

• water or wind that moves very slowly

• calm, still air or water

• a mass of whirling fluid or air, especially a whirlpool or whirlwind

• peaceful, stagnant air or water

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

According to the reading, what is the lightning capital of the world?

• Africa's Democratic Republic of Congo

• Florida

• Hawaii

• South Carolina

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

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CCSS.RL.4.2

What is a nor'easter? Choose all that apply.

• Blizzard

• Drought

• Tornado

• Flood

In the reading passage, "Cold," the author notes that "It dumped snow from northern Florida to Maine and spawned about 50 tornadoes." What does the word "spawned" mean in this sentence?

• release or deposit eggs

• cease or stop

• end

• produce or generate

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Why was the huge blizzard in the Midwest called "The Schoolhouse Blizzard"?

• There was so much snow that students missed school for three weeks.

• There was so much snow that many students were trapped at school.

• There was so much snow that all of the schoolhouses collapsed under the heavy weight of the snow.

• There was so much snow that the local townspeople had to take shelter in the schoolhouses.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What events caused such dreary weather and cold temperatures that Mary Shelley was inspired to write Frankenstein?

• Lightning strikes that burned the earth

• Tornadoes that knocked down buildings and destroyed towns

• Hurricanes that swept throughout the U.S. and Europe

• Volcanic eruptions that created so much ash that the sun's rays were blocked and temperatures dropped

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

In the passage, "Cold," the author notes that "Ice from freezing rain and sleet hampers travel." What does the word "hamper" mean in this sentence?

• a large basket with a lid used for laundry

• to slow or keep from progressing

• large but necessary equipment on a ship

• encourage

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

When the author writes about hail, they report that a policeman said, "I was getting pelted in the back through the limbs and everything." What does it mean to be "pelted" by hail?

• attacked by something repeatedly hurled or thrown at someone or something

• to fall quickly and very heavily

• to run somewhere very quickly

• rebuff or defend

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4