Question: Q: What is a funnel-shaped cloud of whirling high winds known as? Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers: Severe thunderstorms have a lot of energy and strong winds. This allows them to produce tornadoes. A tornado is a funnel-shaped cloud of whirling high winds. You can see a tornado in Figure below . The funnel moves along the ground, destroying everything in its path. As it moves it loses energy. Before this happens it may have gone up to 25 kilometers (16 miles). Fortunately, tornadoes are narrow. They may be only 150 meters (500 feet) wide. Choices: - volcano - tsunami - hurricane - tornado A:
Answer: tornado

Question: Q: What is the term for organisms that have adaptations to both salty and basic conditions? Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers: Alkaliphiles are organisms that "love" bases. Bases are like the opposite of acids. Basic environments where archaeans are found include Mono Lake in California, pictured in Figure below . Mono Lake is the oldest lake in North America. The water is not only unusually basic. It's also saltier than the ocean. So archaeans that live in the water of Mono Lake must have adaptations to both salty and basic conditions. They are haloalkaliphiles. Choices: - salinophytes - sporozoans - heterophiles - haloalkaliphiles A:
Answer: haloalkaliphiles

Question: Q: Oils are liquid lipids that plants use for storage of what? Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers: In unsaturated fatty acids, there is at least one double bond between carbon atoms. As a result, some carbons are not bonded to as many hydrogen atoms as possible. Unsaturated fatty acids are found in oils. Oils are liquid lipids that plants use to store energy. Choices: - fat - glucose - oxygen - energy A:
Answer:
energy