2024 Book 2 Unit 7 Reading 1

______ are facts and statistics that you can analyze.

If things c______, they crash into each other.

C______ refers to the general weather pattern in a particular place.

If something is on record, it is __________.

• officially measured and noted

• forgotten in archives
• casually mentioned
• recorded by a person unofficially

Which of the following appeared in Unit 7 Reading 1? Choose all.

• Tokyo

• Tim Samaras

• Russell Crowe

• Alaska

• Gulf of Mexico

The Tuscaloosa tornado traveled approximately 300 miles across a region e_____ from Alabama to Georgia, with expert and storm chaser Tim Samaras.

Lightning, tornadoes, and wildfires all cause destruction. Lightning _____ somewhere on Earth about 100 times every second.

• rumbles
• strikes
• burns
• falls
• whirls

Tornadoes _____ when warm, moist air meets cold, dry air.

• strike

• transform
• collapse
• occur

• violent

Four our of five wildfires are caused by _____.

• natural disasters
• animal activities
• human activities
• lightning strikes

A large, _______ wildfire can create its own weather system: Air around the fire gets warmer, the warm air rises, and this process sometimes creates winds/

• small
• controlled
• minor
• violent

• timid