Reading Comprehension Exercise!

Reading Comprehension Quiz!

Multiple Choice

Why is there a place called Tornado Alley?

• It has many tornado museums.

• It has many scientists.

• It has higher numbers of tornadoes.

• It has many famous tourist resorts.

Multiple Choice

Why does Josh Wurman join a team of scientists in Tornado Alley?

• He studies extreme weather.

• He wants to make a TikTok video.

• He helps people to evacuate.

• He wants to warn the people.

Multiple Select

What can be observed on Wurman's computer screen? (more than one answers!)

• the location of the people

• the location of the rain

• the location of the vehicles

• the location of the strongest wind

Multiple Choice

Why is a tornado shaped like a funnel?

• It is because of the heavy rain.

• It is because the strong winds twisted the storm tighter and tighter.

• It is because many people are using the fans.

• It is because the lightning causes the magnetic field to spin.

Multiple Choice

Wurman and the scientists came close to the tornado because it was not dangerous. (True or False)

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Why did they leave the special instruments close to the storm? (more than one answers)

• They wanted to know how far it would go.

• They tried to observe how fast the wind could blow.

• They wanted to study if there was a rise or a drop on the temperature.

• They wanted to know how strong the wind could lift things.

Multiple Choice

The tornado looked like a giant, gray car's trunk. (True or False)

• True

• False