Science L3 Tornadoes

What do we call a weather expert?

• Geologist

• Meteorologist

• Biologist

What is a powerful storm with high winds and driving rain?

• Hurricane

• Tornadoe

• Typhoon

How warm must the water be so that a hurricane can start to form?

• 80 degress

• 90 degrees

• 100 degrees

Which part of a hurricane is the calmest?

• The eye

• The eye wall

• The rain bands

Which part of a hurricane is the most destructive?

• The eye

• The eye wall

• The rain bands

What do most tornadoes form from?

• Thunderstorms

• Rain clouds

• Heat waves

You need warm, moist air and cold, dry air to meet for a tornado to form.

• True

• False

What causes the height of the tornado to form?

• Change in wind direction and increase in wind speed

• No change in wind direction and increase in wind speed

• Change in wind direction and no change in wind speed

When the warm air rises over the colder air an updraft is formed. What is the result of this?

• The funnel shape forms

• The clouds increase in size

• The rain increases in amount

What do we call the shape of a tornado?

• Funnel or rope shape

• Swirl shape

• Rotating shape