All About Tornadoes

What are the 3 ingredients for tornadoes?

• moisture, lift, and fronts

• wind shears, water, and moisture

• moisture, lift, and wind shears

• air, heat, and lift

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What type of cloud does a tornado form from?

• Cumulus

• Super cells

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

What is a vortex?

• A cloud

• Two cold fronts combining

• Another form of tornadoes

• Column of spinning air

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Cold air pushes _______.

• down

• up

• horizontally

• vertically

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Warm air pushes ________.

• up

• down

• horizontally

• vertically

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The vortex begins to ______ as the super-cell grows.

• grow

• tilt

• shrink

• break apart

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Super-cells are also called "Anvil clouds"

• True

• False

Collectively, the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska, where tornadoes occur often, are all called

• Tornado towns
• Storm centers
• Tornado Alley
• Cyclone counties

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Tornadoes are also sometimes called

• squalls
• squiggles
• twisters
• spinner

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Where do tornadoes start?

• Over the ocean near the equator
• In the clouds that create blizzards
• In the clouds of severe thunderstorms
• Any time that it rains

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