Storm

Have you ever read the book Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs? The book is about a strange town called Chewandswallow. In Chewandswallow, food and beverages fall from the sky. When it rains, soup falls from the sky. And the ______ is made of meatballs! The town of Chewandswallow is not real, of course. Food cannot fall from the sky. But would you believe that animals can?

• limp

• noble

• hail

• response

In 1995, a woman named Nellie Straw was driving in Scotland when she was caught in a severe storm. Suddenly, hundreds of frogs began landing on her car. She looked around to see where the frogs were coming from. One look up ______ the source of the frogs. They were dropping out of the sky, like rain!

• limped

• preferred

• distracted

• revealed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Frogs are not the only animals that fall from the sky. Rains of fish and birds have also been known to happen. In 2007, the town of Jennings, Louisiana, was hit by a rain of worms! What kind of storm did Jennings, Louisiana experience in 2007?

• a rain of worms

• a tornado of frogs

• a rain of fish

• a hail of birds

Scientists have an interesting ______ for why it rains animals. Sometimes during storms, little tornadoes can form. These tornadoes can pick up animals like fish and frogs from lakes. The animals are sucked up into the clouds. After a while, the winds die down and the animals fall from the sky. Most of the time, the animals that rain are still alive!

• hail

• response

• distraction

• limp

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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What is the name of the town in the book Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs?

• Chewandswallow

• Jennings

• Louisiana

• Scotland

In the story, what falls from the sky in Chewandswallow?

• Animals

• Food and beverages

• Cars

• Trees

What year did the rain of frogs happen to Nellie Straw in Scotland?

• 2007

• 1995

• 2010

• 1985

What do scientists believe can pick up animals and cause them to fall from the sky?

• Hurricanes

• Tornadoes

• Earthquakes

• Floods

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

According to the passage, what is unusual about the animals that fall from the sky?

• They are always dead

• They are usually still alive

• They turn into food

• They disappear

What did Nellie Straw see landing on her car during the storm?

• Fish

• Birds

• Frogs

• Worms