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7th - 9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How do hurricanes form?
[1]Hurricanes are the most violent storms on Earth. [2]People call these storms by other names, such as typhoons or cyclones, depending on where
they occur. [3]The scientific term for all these storms is tropical cyclone. [4]Only tropical cyclones that form over the Atlantic Ocean or eastern Pacific Ocean are called "hurricanes."
[5]Whatever they are called tropical cyclones all form the same way.
No Change
called,
called:
Called;
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.2B
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
[1]Tropical cyclones are like giant engines that use warm, moist air as fuel. [2]That is why they form only over warm ocean waters near the equator. [3]Because this air moves up and away from the surface, there is less air left near the surface. [4]Another way to say the same thing is that the warm air rises, causing an area of lower air pressure below.
The Writer wants to add the following sentence to the paragraph:
The warm, moist air over the ocean rises upward from near the surface.
after sentence 1
after sentence 2
after sentence 3
after sentence 4
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
[1]Air from surrounding areas with higher air pressure pushes in to the low pressure area. [2]Then that "new" air becomes warm and moist and rises, too. [3]As the warm air continues to rise, the surrounding air swirls in to take its place. [4]As the warmed, moist air rises and cools off; The water in the air forms clouds. [5]The whole system of clouds and wind spins and grows, fed by the oceans's heat and water evaporating from the surface.
No Change
Two
To
Tou
Tags
CCSS.L.2.2C
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
[1]Air from surrounding areas with higher air pressure pushes in to the low pressure area. [2]Then that "new" air becomes warm and moist and rises, too. [3]As the warm air continues to rise, the surrounding air swirls in to take its place. [4]As the warmed, moist air rises and cools off; The water in the air forms clouds. [5]The whole system of clouds and wind spins and grows, fed by the oceans's heat and water evaporating from the surface.
No Change
cools off, however the
cools off, the water
cools of: the water
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.2A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
[1]Air from surrounding areas with higher air pressure pushes in to the low pressure area. [2]Then that "new" air becomes warm and moist and rises, too. [3]As the warm air continues to rise, the surrounding air swirls in to take its place. [4]As the warmed, moist air rises and cools off; The water in the air forms clouds. [5]The whole system of clouds and wind spins and grows, fed by the oceans's heat and water evaporating from the surface.
NO CHANGE
ocean's heat
oceans' heat
oceans heat's
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1E
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
[1]Tropical cyclones usually weaken when they hit land, because they are no longer being "fed" by the energy from the warm ocean waters. [2]Additionally, they often move far inland, dumping many inches of rain and causing lots of wind damage before them die out completely.
NO CHANGE
For instance,
As a result,
However,
Tags
CCSS.L.1.1G
CCSS.L.3.1H
CCSS.L.5.1A
CCSS.L.5.1E
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
[1]Tropical cyclones usually weaken when they hit land, because they are no longer being "fed" by the energy from the warm ocean waters. [2]Additionally, they often move far inland, dumping many inches of rain and causing lots of wind damage before them die out completely.
NO CHANGE
these
they
it
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CCSS.L.3.1A
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