Tornadoes

What is another name for tornado?

• Clouds

• Twister

• Spinner

• Reaching Clouds

What is the name of a person that studies the weather?

• Weather watcher

• Storm Chaser

• Meteorologist

• Tornado warning

What is a tornado?

• A fast spinning column of air that reaches from the clouds to the ground

• A thunderstorm that never touches the ground

• A bolt of lightning that reaches from the clouds to the ground

• A low hanging cloud that does not spin

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

In what country are tornadoes the most common?

• Brazil

• Italy

• United States

• China

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

According to people that have been near tornadoes, what do they sound like?

• Train

• Wind

• Whistle

• River

Tags

NGSS.1-PS4-1

How long can tornadoes last?

• 24 hours

• 1 week

• A few seconds to an hour

• 5 hours

Tags

NGSS.2-ESS1-1

What combinations of air cause tornadoes to form?

• Hot

• Cold/dry and warm/wet

• Cold/wet and warm/dry

• Cold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What causes the air to spin?

• The land around the tornado

• Warm/wet air sinks below the cold/dry air and it is pushed upwards

• A cloud reaches down from the sky

• Cold/dry air sinks below the warm/wet air and it is pushed upwards

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

How fast can tornadoes spin?

• They do not spin

• Up to 500 km/hr

• 4 km/hr

• 4589 km/hr

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are the people called that follow big storms?

• Cloud surveyors

• Radar watchers

• Storm Chasers

• Meteorologists

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2