TORNADOES

Which is NOT true of tornadoes?

• Most tornadoes are local storms.

• Typical tornadoes are 400-500 feet wide.

• Tornado winds generally range from 20-50 miles per hour.

• Tornadoes can last for a few minutes to an hour or more.

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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 statements are true of a monster tornado?

• Once lifted a twenty-ton trailer truck from a highway and dropping it in a field 1100 feet away.

• Can pick up a house and move it down a block.

• Once sucked up a pond of frogs and rained them down in another town.

• All of the above.

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Which tornado is the most rare?

• F1

• F3

• F4

• F5

Which of the following tornadoes have winds ranging from 73 to 112 miles per hour?

• F0

• F1

• F2

• F3

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Which is not a safe place to go during a tornado warning?

• Face down in a ditch

• In a bathtub

• Under a tree

• In the basement

Which of the following statements is not true?

• There are about 1000 tornadoes in the U.S. every year.

• More tornadoes occur in Mexico than in the U.S.

• Only a small number of tornadoes actually strike buildings.

• Every year hundreds of people are killed or injured by tornadoes.

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Where do most tornadoes in the United States happen?

• the mountains

• the beaches

• the middle of the country

• all big cities

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What is a tornado shaped like?

• square

• funnel

• clouds

• a swirl with an eye in the middle

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Tornadoes are dangerous because they can...

(select all)

• destroy houses

• flip over cars

• cause earthquakes

• lift objects into the air

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