Tornado Review

a rating scale developed in 1970 by the scientist T. Theodore Fujita to categorize tornadoes and their relative strength (a)  

• meteorologist
• Fujita Tornado Scale
• moisture
• Tornado Alley

a weather scientist

• waterspout

• supercell

• meteorologist

• debris

rotating thunderstorm

• Tornado Alley

• supercell

• Fujita Tornado Scale

• atmosphere

an area of North America that experiences hundreds of tornadoes each year

• atmosphere

• Fujita Tornado Scale

• lift

• Tornado Alley

A tornado over the ocean or a lake that sucks up water is called a ____.

What is a tornado?

• A long high wave caused by an earthquake.

• Rapidly rotating column of air that reaches from a storm cloud to the Earth's surface.

• A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction.

• A large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush.

The most tornadoes in the United States take place in Tornado Alley. Where is Tornado Alley?

• Southern US

• West Coast of the US

• East Coast of the US

• Center of the US

Tornadoes only stop when ____.

• temperature differences in the air disappear

• temperature differences in the air stay the same

What type of cloud does a tornado form from?

• Cumulus

• Super cells

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

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

• dark sky

• thunderstorm

• high wind

• rain