Worksheetstornado
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
Tornadoes can be caused by:
Hot air bumping into warm air
a lightning strike
Children running fast in the hall at school
A mass of warm air colliding with a mass of cold air
Collide means:
bump into, or hit
work together secretly
blow away
Unpredictable means
not responsible
scary
unexpected, hard to know when it will happen
destruction means
the act of damaging something badly, or ruining it
slowing down
building something
One way to tell if a tornado is coming:
you see lightning
you see a funnel cloud
you see a rainbow
A funnel cloud is shaped like:
funnel cake at the fair
a cylinder
a hollow cone with a tube shape at the bottom
Hazards are
things that are fun
things that are funny
things that are dangerous
Which is NOT a hazard:
power lines that are on the ground
broken glass or sharp objects
children running through the hall
a summer breeze
Collapse means:
to trip over something
something falling down
working together
A crisis is:
someone who is always complaining
a very bad situation that needs attention right now
when mom can't get to the hair dresser
Where should you go in a tornado?
The highest place you can, like in the attic
get in the car and outrun it!
in the basement, a center room, or under a sturdy table
Tornadoes are rated on a scale of 1 to 5. A number 5 tornado is:
the slowest, with the lowest winds
the safest
the worst, with the highest winds
When a tornado is coming, you have
Days & days to plan for it
a party with your friends
Just a few minutes to get to your safe place
Why is it important to know now where your safe place is for a tornado?
Because you have to get there fast when a tornado is coming
to hide from your brother or sister
So you can stock it full of snacks and chips
