Tornadoes

looks like a funnel with the fat part at the top. Inside winds may swirl up to 300-325 miles an hour!

• Hurricane

• Lightning storm

• Tornado

• Blizzard

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A tornado could... MARK ALL THAT APPLY !!!

• flatten homes and buildings

• throw cars and trucks through the air

• shatter mobile homes into splinters

• Bring many inches of snow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

If The National Weather Service forecasts that a tornado MAY develop later...

• They issue a Tornado Watch

• They release a Tornado Warning

• They will ask people to evacuate their homes

• They will send meteorologists into the storm to study it

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

When someone has seen a tornado or radar detects one, the National Weather Service (NWS) issues a:

• Tornado Warning

• Tornado Watch

• Danger Report

• Evacuation Notice

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

if you hear a tornado warning... MARK ALL THAT APPLY

• Go to the storm shelter

• Go to the basement

• Get under a heavy work bench

• Go to a closet on an inside wall, a bathroom, or hallway on the lowest level of the house

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NGSS.3-ESS3-1

Where do tornadoes more often occur?

• in the central and southeast United States

• In the north and west of the Rocky States.

• In the east and south of the Pacific.

• In the northwest and southwest Canadian States.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which city has been struck by tornadoes the most?

• Oklahoma City

• Miami

• Los Angeles

• Atlanta

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which of these is a safe place when a tornado hits?

• Inside a closet

• A mobile home

• A car

• Under a tree

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NGSS.3-ESS3-1

NGSS.4-ESS3-2

If a tornado strikes, you should...

• find an open space outside.

• go to the highest point of your house.

• hide inside a heavy car.

• go to the lowest level or basement of a house.

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NGSS.3-5-ETS1-2

NGSS.4-ESS3-2

What is a tornado made of?

• Dust, dirt, air and water droplets

• Stuff

• Gemma’s head of lettuce.

• Clouds and dust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5