Tornadoes

Tornadoes are also sometimes called...

• Twister

• Clouds

• Whirlwind

• 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 spiral of 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

In what country are tornadoes the most common?

• Brazil

• Nepal

• United States

• Chile

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

• Train

• Wind

• Whistle

• River

How long can tornadoes last?

• 24 hours

• 1 week

• A few seconds to an hour

• 5 hours

How are tornadoes formed?

• Hot air

• A struggle between unstable cool, dry air lying on top of warm humid air with a thin stable air between

• A struggle between stable dry, cool air lying on top of warm humid air with a thin unstable air between

• Cold air

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

What are the people called that follow big storms?

• Cloud surveyors

• Radar watchers

• Storm Chasers

• Meteorologists

Tornadoes can appear as a traditional funnel shape, or in a slender rope-like form.

• True
• False