Tornado

Tornado

Please let me know if you have any anxiety with severe storms. Know that we are not in the path of the "BIG storms" we will research. Some of the videos will show aftermath of storms and ways to protect if you get in a storm.

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What is a supercell?

• a very strong cell that moves in opposite directions from other cells.

• a very strong thunderstorm with winds moving in opposite directions.

• Mr. Goeller's strong cell phone that has awesome features

• a very strong tornado that moves in opposite directions as other tornadoes

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Tornadoes usually occur during...

• cloudless days

• earthquakes

• Room 61's PE game "Pirates of the Carribean"

• thunderstorms

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How does a tornado begin?

• cold weather

• snow and hail

• as a thunderstorm

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What is a tornado?

• my little brother running around the house

• a spinning cloud shaped like a funnel

• a tall rain cloud

• a hurricane

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How high can winds reach in a tornado?

• 10 miles per hour

• 80 miles per hour

• 300 miles per hour

• 1,000 miles per hour

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Where do most tornadoes happen?

• Mexico

• California

• Canada

• Tornado Alley in the United States

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True, or False- Trying to outrun a tornado in a car is always a safer choice than seeking shelter.

• True

• False

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If you don't have a basement, which of the following choices is the safest shelter during a tornado?

• An interior room (closet, hallway, bathroom, etc.) on the lowest floor of your house away from windows.

• If one is available, in an outside garage or shed.

• The North wall of the house is always the safest.

• If you have a fireplace try to crawl into it. Use it as a shelter.

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If you're outside with no shelter, where is the safest place to be during a tornado?

• Under a bridge or overpass.

• Hug a tree.

• Laying flat in a ditch while covering your head.

• Find a vehicle and get in it. Stay low and cover your head.

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What does a tornado warning mean?

• A tornado has been spotted by observers or indicated by weather radar.

• A tornado hasn't been spotted, but conditions are favorable for tornadoes to occur.

• It's a new Discovery Channel special on storm chasers.

• The conditions will be right for a tornado to form within your area in the next day or two.

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A tornado occurs when

• cold dry air mixes with the wet wam air

• cold dry air mixes with wet cold air

• dry warm air mixes with wet warm air

• Mr. Sir tells it to occur

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What does a tornado sound like?

• a roaring train

• a snoring dad

• a boring song

• a roaring lion

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About 2/3 (two-thirds) of all tornadoes in the world happen in....

• Africa

• Vietnam

• Mexico

• the United States

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Why do storm chasers follow tornadoes? Choose ALL that apply

• They are trying to show off.

• They are looking for Dorthy's house from the Wizard of Oz.

• They are trying to get information about tornadoes

• They are crazy.

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a tornado over the ocean or a lake that sucks up water

• rotate

• meteorologist

• funnel

• waterspout

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air movement upwards

• rotate

• updraft

• funnel

• debris

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a destructive windstorm with a funnel shaped cloud that extends to the ground

• tornado

• tornado alley

• updraft

• waterspout

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rotating thunderstorm

• Tornado Alley

• supercell

• Fujita Tornado Scale

• atmosphere

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a weather scientist

• waterspout

• supercell

• meteorologist

• debris

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a rating scale developed in 1970 by the scientist T. Theodore Fujita to categorize tornadoes and their relative strength

• meteorologist

• Fujita Tornado Scale

• moisture

• Tornado Alley