Text Features & Supporting Details
What is the purpose of the Beaufort scale mentioned in the passage?
What is to measure wind strength?
What is the main topic of the passage “Outsmarting the Storms”?
What are ways engineers help people stay safe during tornadoes?
In the phrase “resist wind and flying debris,” what does resist most nearly mean?
What is withstand or hold up against?
What causes wind to form, according to the passage?
What is the movement of air from high pressure to low pressure?
According to the passage, how much time passed between the warning siren and the tornado hitting the town?
what is 12 min?
Why does the author include the history of the Beaufort scale?
What is to explain where the system came from?
Why does the author include examples of different families during the tornado?
What is to show how people protect themselves during storms?
What does the word reinforced suggest about the construction of buildings?
What is that they are made stronger?
Why does warm air rise?
What is because it is lighter than cool air?
Which detail from the passage shows that the tornado could have caused serious harm?
What is families hiding in closets or basements / the storm tearing through backyards?
How does the chart help the reader understand wind force?
What is by showing speeds and effects of wind?
How are the sections “Underground Shelters,” “Safe Rooms,” and “Reinforced Construction” organized?
What is by describing different solutions to the same problem?
What does unexpectedly tell the reader about tornadoes?
What is that they can happen suddenly?
What effect does uneven heating of Earth’s surface have on the air above it?
What is it creates areas of different air pressure?
Which type of shelter is described as being difficult to reach when a tornado appears suddenly?
What are underground storm cellars?
Which detail helps readers estimate wind strength without tools?
What is descriptions of how wind affects land and sea?
Which sentence best supports the idea that engineering can reduce danger during tornadoes?
What is the sentence explaining how strong walls resist wind and flying debris?
Which word best describes how the author feels about engineering solutions to tornadoes?
What is hopeful or confiden?
Why are local winds stronger when temperature differences are greater?
What is because air moves faster between very different temperatures?
Which detail explains why safe rooms do not lift during high winds?
What is that their walls are attached to the house’s foundation?
Why is the Beaufort scale useful for people who cannot measure wind directly?
What is because it uses visible effects to estimate wind force?
Why does the author mention The Wizard of Oz?
What is to help readers understand storm cellars using a familiar example?
Which word from the passage helps the reader understand why shelters must be strong?
What is debris?
What causes ocean breezes to change direction at night?
What is the land cooling faster than water?
Which organization is responsible for sending alerts about oncoming tornadoes?
What is the National Weather Service?