Geography - Tornado & Hurricane

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A tornado is a spiraling ________ of air that reaches from a cloud to land.

• 300

• ground

• column

• USA

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Tornadoes can reach speeds of up to _____ miles per hour and can cause significant destruction!

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• ground

• column

• USA

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In the _____ there are about 1,000 tornadoes each year. Most of these tornadoes occur in an area called Tornado Alley.

• 300

• ground

• column

• USA

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Tornado Alley is right in the middle of the country and includes the states Texas, Kansas and _____.

• funnel

• updraft

• thunderstorms

• Oklahoma

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Most tornadoes form during _____. When warm, moist air and cool, dry air mix the atmosphere becomes unstable.

• funnel

• updraft

• thunderstorms

• Oklahoma

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With a change in wind speed and direction a spinning effect begins to take place. Rising air within this _____ tilts the rotating air into a vertical position.

• funnel

• updraft

• thunderstorms

• Oklahoma

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This column of rotating air is usually between two and six miles wide. ______ clouds can form within this area.

• funnel

• updraft

• thunderstorms

• Oklahoma

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When a funnel cloud reaches the _____ it is called a tornado.

• 300

• ground

• thunderstorms

• Oklahoma

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places , magnitude , storms , Hurricanes, light

Hurricanes form in various _____ in the world.

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places , magnitude , Mexico , Atlantic , tropical

These locations include the southern ______ Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of _______, and the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean.