WorksheetsTornadoes
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Elijah and Ethan were discussing about tornadoes in their geography class. Nora, who overheard them, wondered how the severity of a tornado is rated. What is the name of the scale that she should refer to?
Fujita Scale
Tornado Scale
A bargraph
Scale
Aiden, Sophia, and Abigail are watching a funnel cloud from their school's weather station. At what point does this funnel cloud officially become a tornado?
When it reaches speeds of 100 mph
When it begins to spin
When it touches the ground
When it first looks like a funnel
During a school trip, Anika, Mason, and Aria were learning about tornadoes. Their teacher asked, 'Which type of tornado, if it occurs, would you see more than one spinning tube of air?'
Supercell
Waterspout
Landspout
Multiple vortex
Michael, William, and Henry were studying about tornadoes. They learned that a certain type of tornado is produced by a huge thunderstorm. Can you tell them which type it is?
Supercell
Waterspout
Landspout
Multiple vortex
Abigail, Noah, and Ethan are planning a road trip through the Midwest. They are discussing the region they should be cautious of due to its high frequency of tornadoes. What is this region called?
Windy Plains
Dust Bowl
Tornado Alley
Great Tornado Flats
Mia, Abigail, and Charlotte were studying about weather phenomena. They came across a question, 'How do tornadoes form?'
Tornadoes form when C02 meets cold, dry air
Tornadoes form when 2 gases collide
Tornadoes form when warm, humid air collides with cold, dry air
When hot air gets too hot
Harper, Kai, and Jackson are on a field trip to Tornado Alley. They are curious about why this area experiences so many tornadoes. What is the reason?
The rate of condensation in Tornado Alley is higher than the rate of precipitation
Warm air from Canada meets cold air from Virginia in Tornado Alley
Tornado Alley has flat plains with miles of space for the winds to move together to form a funnel.
Warm air in Texas, part of Tornado Alley, clashes with even warmer air in Texas
Priya, Ava, and Nora are participating in a science quiz. They are asked to select the two scientific factors that BEST explain why Tornado Alley, located in the Central United States, is prone to frequent tornadoes?
The collision of warm, cold, dry and moist air masses into the area
Storm systems coming across the Rocky Mountains gain energy from the Pacific Ocean.
Hurricanes move to the northwest when they make landfall meaning they spawn tornadoes in Tornado Alley.
The presence of flat land and terrain in Tornado Alley to create a large number of tornadoes
Winters in Tornado Alley are quite warm meaning that thunderstorms form almost daily in the region.
James, Anika, and Harper were studying about tornadoes in their geography class in Lafayette, La. They learned about a real incident where a resident's mobile home was destroyed by a tornado. They were asked to determine the scale (category) of the tornado that destroyed the mobile home. What was their answer?
F0
F1
F2
F3
Oliver, Benjamin, and Anika are in a meteorology class. Their professor, Rob Perillo, predicts that next year in May, Mississippi will experience at least one dangerous tornado. Is his prediction correct or not? Why? (essay)
Rob is correct. The data supports his prediction and Dixie alley, which includes Mississippi, is known for dangerous tornadoes.
Rob is not correct. The data does not support his prediction, even though Dixie alley is known for dangerous tornadoes.
Rob got fired and does not know what he is talking about.
Rob is correct because the data supports his prediction and Tornado Alley, not Dixie alley, has more dangerous tornadoes.
