I Survived Tornado Terror PART 1

The deadliest tornado ever recorded in the United States was____.

• The St Louis tornado, 1896

• The Tri-State tornado, 1925

• The Gainsville tornado, 1926

• The Tupledo tornado, 1936

Which numbers BEST describe the Tri-State tornado?

• EF 5, 695 deaths, 2207 injured

• EF 3, 500 deaths, 792 injured

• EF 0, 700 deaths, 512 injured

• EF 2, 715 deaths, 891 injured

How many states did the Tri-State tornado go through?

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 2

How fast are the winds in an EF 5 tornado?

• less than 75 mph

• between 75-100 mph

• 150 mph

• over 200 mph

What did boys spend most of their time doing?

• playing ball

• playing marbles

• listening to the radio

• playing jacks

How long did the Tri-State tornado last?

• 3 1/2 hours

• 3 hours

• 2 1/2 hours

• 2 hours

"Like a giant bird gripping a terrified rabbit in its claws, the tornado carried the school for hundreds of yards."

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

How long do MOST tornadoes stay on the ground?

• about 10 seconds

• about 10 minutes

• about 10 hours

• about 10 days

Meteorology is the science of _______.

• animals

• meteors

• weather

• dinosaurs

If I wanted to research tornadoes, the best place to look would be _______.

• an encyclopedia

• an atlas

• a thesaurus

• a dictionary