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WorksheetsCoriolis Effect and Tornadoes
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 18mins
You're running on a treadmill and going at a constant speed. What will happen to you if the treadmill's speed suddenly increases significantly?
You'll surge forward.
You'll be flung backwards off the treadmill.
Nothing--this is a trick Q.
Is this cyclonic storm occurring in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere?
Northern
Southern
There is no way to tell just from the picture.
A person standing still at the Equator is moving faster than a person standing still at the North Pole.
True
False
Cyclonic storms like hurricanes rotate counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere.
True
False
Only Sometimes
Draw a horizontal line for the equator.
Draw four arrows on the globe showing how winds are deflecting.
--traveling north from the equator
--traveling south from the equator
--traveling north from the South Pole
--traveling south from the North Pole
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from the base of a thunderstorm.
Funnel Cloud
Tornado
Condensation Funnel
Thunderstorm
A scale of wind damage intensity in which wind speeds are inferred from an analysis of wind damage.
Richter Scale
Enhanced Fujita scale
Wind speed scale
Damage indicator scale
DEFCON
Variation in wind speed and/or direction over a short distance.
Conduction
Severe thunderstorm
Low pressure
Wind Shear
Weather front
In the center of a tornado there is (a) and at the outer edge of a tornado there is (b) .
An alert issued by NWS local offices indicating that a particular weather hazard is either imminent or has been reported.
Watch
Warning
Advisory
Hazard
A small-scale column of air that rapidly sinks toward the ground, usually accompanied by precipitation as in a shower or thunderstorm
Updraft
Convection
Condensation
Downdraft
The number one cause of death related to tornadoes is
(a)
If you're outside with no shelter, where is the safest place to be during a tornado?
Under a bridge or overpass.
Hug a tree.
Laying flat in a ditch while covering your head.
Find a vehicle and get in it. Stay low and cover your head.
If you don't have a basement, which of the following choices is the safest shelter during a tornado?
An interior room (closet, hallway, bathroom, etc.) on the lowest floor of your house away from windows.
If one is available, in an outside garage or shed.
The North wall of the house is always the safest.
If you have a fireplace try to crawl into it. Use it as a shelter.
True, or False- Trying to outrun a tornado in a car is always a safer choice than seeking shelter.
True
False
Tornadoes can and do happen at any time of day or night.
True
False
Technically true, but nearly always between 4 and 9 am
Only a few tornadoes have ever occurred in the afternoon.
A rotating thunderstorm is called a/n
tornado
supercell
condensation funnel
cyclonic storm
Enhanced Fujita
Which of the following is consistent with an EF3?
Trees debarked
Buildings leveled
trains overturned
Both of these phenomena begin from the clouds and reach downwards; however, a (a) reaches all the way to the ground while a (b) does not.
What percentage of tornadoes occur in the United States?
20%
50%
75%
90%
