Tornadoes

Which of the following is NOT another name for a tornado?

• Cyclones

• Wind twist

• Waterspouts

• Twister

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Tornadoes happen in which states?

• Iowa

• Florida

• Oklahoma

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI.6.1

Which is NOT true of tornadoes?

• Most tornadoes are local storms.

• Typical tornadoes are 400-500 feet wide.

• Tornado winds generally range from 20-50 miles per hour.

• Tornadoes can last for a few minutes to an hour or more.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.8

What is the first step in the birth of a tornado?

• dark sky

• thunderstorm

• high wind

• rain

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

All are true of air masses except:

• They are fast growing thunderheads that take shape along the front and storms develop

• They can be cool or warm, moist or dry.

• They are made up of heat and cause hail.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

Which of the following is NOT true of supercells?

• They never occur in northern states.

• They are most common from April to June.

• They are most like to occur in an area known as tornado alley.

• They can occur in some southern states from January to March.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.8

Which of the following statements are true of a monster tornado?

• Once lifted a twenty-ton trailer truck from a highway and dropping it in a field 1100 feet away.

• Can pick up a house and move it down a block.

• Once sucked up a pond of frogs and rained them down in another town.

• All of the above.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

Which of the following is NOT true of the 1977 tornado in Jarrell, Texas?

• 131 people died during the tornado.

• The tornado stayed on the ground for fifteen to twenty minutes.

• Rain and hail came after the tornado.

• Fifty homes got lifted up and smashed.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.3

Which is true of waterspouts?

• They are very strong tornadoes.

• They are most common in mountainous areas.

• They are very common in northern states.

• They are common along the Gulf Coast.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

Which of the following tornadoes have winds ranging from 73 to 112 miles per hour?

• F0

• F1

• F2

• F3