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Tornadoes and other storms

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tornadoes can cause______ and______

a)

Harm and sadness

b)

Damage and deaths

c)

Damage and sadness

d)

bad weather and snow

2.

Draw a tornado

3.

What is not a bad storm

a)

thunder

b)

rain

c)

tornado

d)

waterspouts

4.

What is a scary storm?

a)

tornado

b)

hurricane

c)

waterspout

d)

earthquake

5.

Name a storm

4 lines
6.

do you agree tornadoes are scary or creepy

a)

yes

b)

no

c)

kinda

d)

not really

7.

What is the name of a person that studies the weather?

a)

Weather watcher

b)

Storm Chaser

c)

Meteorologist

d)

Tornado warning

8.

What is a tornado?

a)

A fast spinning column of air that reaches from the clouds to the ground

b)

A thunderstorm that never touches the ground

c)

A bolt of lightning that reaches from the clouds to the ground

d)

A low hanging cloud that does not spin

9.

In what country are tornadoes the most common?

a)

Brazil

b)

Italy

c)

United States

d)

China

10.

According to people that have been near tornadoes, what do they sound like?

a)

Train

b)

Wind

c)

Whistle

d)

River

11.

How long can tornadoes last?

a)

24 hours

b)

1 week

c)

A few seconds to an hour

d)

5 hours

12.

What combinations of air cause tornadoes to form?

a)

Hot

b)

Cold/dry and warm/wet

c)

Cold/wet and warm/dry

d)

Cold

13.

What causes the air to spin?

a)

The land around the tornado

b)

Warm/wet air sinks below the cold/dry air and it is pushed upwards

c)

A cloud reaches down from the sky

d)

Cold/dry air sinks below the warm/wet air and it is pushed upwards

14.

How fast can tornadoes spin?

a)

They do not spin

b)

Up to 500 km/hr

c)

4 km/hr

d)

4589 km/hr

15.

What are the people called that follow big storms?

a)

Cloud surveyors

b)

Radar watchers

c)

Storm Chasers

d)

Meteorologists