Twisty Tornado

What is Tornado Alley?

• a nickname for states in Central America.

• A place in Georgia.

• A Continent where ONLY tornadoes form

• None of these

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where do you think shelter it will be best during a tornado? More than ONE

• in a bathroom with big windows.

• in a closet.

• outside.

• basement with no windows.

What effects could Tornadoes have on people?

• Death

• Get seriously injured

• No homes

• all of these

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What are Tornadoes?

• A swirling funnel of wind, that needs contact with the ground

• Another word for hurricane

• a nickname for a cloud.

• Huge circular storm that bring strong winds.

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Where do tornadoes form?

• Land

• Water

• Both

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How do Tornadoes form?

• When warm and cold air masses meet a form from a cloud.

• by convection currents.

• form from typhoons also known as cyclones.

• when it moves up to surface water or over some type of land.

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Tornadoes happen in which states?

• Iowa

• Florida

• Oklahoma

• All of the above

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What is the first step in the birth of a tornado?

• dark sky

• thunderstorm

• high wind

• rain

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Which of the following is not something a person may see or hear before a tornado?

• Debris falls from the sky.

• There is a continuous thunder and lightning.

• Falling hail.

• The sky turns greenish or greenish black.

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Place the following events in sequence: A) A tornado touches down; B) An updraft tilts a column of spinning air; C) Cool, dense air begins descending

• C, B, A

• A, B, C

• B, C, A

• C, A, B

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