Super Storms! Reading Comprehension (Unit 6 Week 4)

Read the chart and answer the question: Which of these belongs in the empty box?

• Lightning can happen during a thunderstorm.

• Thunder is the sound lightning makes.

• You can tell how far away lightning is.

• Lightning can start forest fires.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

What does it mean if many seconds pass between a lightning flash and the sound of its thunder?

• The storm will last a long time.

• The storm is far away.

• The storm will be quick.

• The storm is close by.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is a tornado?

• A group of fast-moving thunderstorms

• A heavy rain shower

• A powerful, spinning wind

• A storm with falling chunks of ice

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A hailstorm is most likely to cause a lot of damage when —

• the hailstones are big

• there is not much wind

• the storm comes at night

• the hailstones melt

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

The eye of a hurricane is the —

• area over the ocean where a hurricane starts

• part of the hurricane with the strongest winds

• quiet, sunny center of the hurricane

• last part of the hurricane to reach land

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Hurricanes, blizzards, and tornadoes all come with —

• strong winds

• rain

• thunder and lightning

• snow

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Lightning can start fires in forests and grasslands.

Which word from the sentence is a compound word?

• lightning

• start

• fires

• grasslands

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.2.4

Read this sentence from the article.

No one can prevent storms.



The word prevent means about the same as —

• stop

• remember

• watch

• understand

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Read this sentence.

Strong winds uprooted many trees.

The word uprooted means —

• reached

• pulled out of the ground

• set on fire

• blew around

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4