Thunderstorms and Tornados

What is the most intense type of storm, capable of producing tornados?

• Supercell

• Squall Line

• Earthquake

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How are Tornados formed?

• When a thunderstorm travels across the ocean.

• When warm air mixes with colder air.

• When a Twister finds farm animals.

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What is a tornado?

• a violently rotating column of air

• a rotating tropical storm

• a winter storm characterized by high winds and snow

• a storm that occurs in cumulonimbus clouds

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What are large thunderstorms that have winds already in rotation called?

• supercells

• blizzards

• hurricanes

• tornadoes

Are thunderstorms common?

• Yes

• No

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What direction does the air go in an updraft?

• Up

• Down

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In a cloud, what creates lightning?

• rain

• negative charges

• wind

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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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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Thunderstorm clouds are called - 

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Can tornadoes also occur during a severe thunderstorm?

• Yes

• No

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