WorksheetsTornado Vocab
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Match the vocabulary word to its correct definition: tornado ____
b. tornadoes are possible in your area
i. a violent spinning column of air that can cause damage to houses
c. a low pressure system- the term is applied to tornadoes, waterspouts, dust storms, hurricanes and strong wind
d. the portion of the United States where tornadoes occur most frequently
a. a tornado that doesn't reach the ground (column of air that extends down from a thunderstorm)
Match the vocabulary word to its correct definition: tornado watch ____
d. the portion of the United States where tornadoes occur most frequently
b. tornadoes are possible in your area
c. a low pressure system- the term is applied to tornadoes, waterspouts, dust storms, hurricanes and strong wind
e. a tornado is either on the ground or detected by radar
a. a tornado that doesn't reach the ground (column of air that extends down from a thunderstorm)
Match the vocabulary word to its correct definition: tornado warning ____
a. a tornado that doesn't reach the ground (column of air that extends down from a thunderstorm)
c. a low pressure system- the term is applied to tornadoes, waterspouts, dust storms, hurricanes and strong wind
b. tornadoes are possible in your area
e. a tornado is either on the ground or detected by radar
d. the portion of the United States where tornadoes occur most frequently
Match the vocabulary word to its correct definition: funnel cloud ____
c. a low pressure system- the term is applied to tornadoes, waterspouts, dust storms, hurricanes and strong wind
a. a tornado that doesn't reach the ground (column of air that extends down from a thunderstorm)
e. a tornado is either on the ground or detected by radar
d. the portion of the United States where tornadoes occur most frequently
b. tornadoes are possible in your area
Match the vocabulary word to its correct definition: atmosphere ____
g. a layer of gases that surround a planet
a. a tornado that doesn't reach the ground (column of air that extends down from a thunderstorm)
b. tornadoes are possible in your area
c. a low pressure system- the term is applied to tornadoes, waterspouts, dust storms, hurricanes and strong wind
d. the portion of the United States where tornadoes occur most frequently
Match the vocabulary word to its correct definition: cyclone ____
b. tornadoes are possible in your area
d. the portion of the United States where tornadoes occur most frequently
c. a low pressure system- the term is applied to tornadoes, waterspouts, dust storms, hurricanes and strong wind
e. a tornado is either on the ground or detected by radar
a. a tornado that doesn't reach the ground (column of air that extends down from a thunderstorm)
Match the vocabulary word to its correct definition: Fujita Scale ____
h. the scale that measures the strength of tornadoes based upon wind speed
a. a tornado that doesn't reach the ground (column of air that extends down from a thunderstorm)
b. tornadoes are possible in your area
c. a low pressure system- the term is applied to tornadoes, waterspouts, dust storms, hurricanes and strong wind
d. the portion of the United States where tornadoes occur most frequently
Match the vocabulary word to its correct definition: gustnado ____
f. a small and weak tornado that occurs along the gust front of a thunderstorm
a. a tornado that doesn't reach the ground (column of air that extends down from a thunderstorm)
b. tornadoes are possible in your area
d. the portion of the United States where tornadoes occur most frequently
c. a low pressure system- the term is applied to tornadoes, waterspouts, dust storms, hurricanes and strong wind
Match the vocabulary word to its correct definition: Tornado Alley ____
a. a tornado that doesn't reach the ground (column of air that extends down from a thunderstorm)
c. a low pressure system- the term is applied to tornadoes, waterspouts, dust storms, hurricanes and strong wind
b. tornadoes are possible in your area
d. the portion of the United States where tornadoes occur most frequently
e. a tornado is either on the ground or detected by radar
The most interesting thing to learn about tornadoes is:
They are rotating columns of air that extend from thunderstorms to the ground.
They are always harmless weather events.
Tornadoes only occur at night.
Tornadoes can never be predicted.
A funnel cloud and a tornado are the same.
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