Tornadoes

Fast moving air in a tornado causes air inside homes to:

• move out

• move in

• has no effect

• move in a big circle

Tornado warnings

• are essential for safety

• sometimes do not come soon enough

• are a result of someone seeing a tornado many times

• all are true of tornado warnings

Tornadoes are born in:

• minutes

• hours

• days

• months

Tornadoes can be detected by:

• satellites

• radar

• storm tracking

• all are involved in detecting tornadoes

The amount of time between a tornado being detected and notification to the public is known as:

• warning time

• secret time

• lead time

• late time

Tornadoes are;

• a rapidly moving tunnel of air

• a large movement of a cloud mass

• always at least a mile wide

• less destructive than thunderstorms

Tornado damage is measured by:

• the fujita scale

• the tornado scale

• the catagory scale

• the damage scale

Heart of Tornado Alley

• Indiana

• Ohio

• California

• Oklahoma

Tornadoes generally start with:

• warm air moving down

• stationary fronts staying in one area

• cold air moving down

• frozen air from the tundra

A tornado is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm 

• True
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