Funky Weather Facts
Tornadoes
Weather
Vocabulary
Stormy Weather
Tornado
Safety and
Trivia
100

True or false... you can tell the temperature outside by counting a crickets chirps

True

100

What are tornadoes formed from?

Severe thunderstorms
100
The state of the air at a certain time and place
What is weather?
100
Most common type of storm
What is a thunderstorm?
100
Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a house
What is the basement?
200

True or false... A heatwave can make train tracks bend!

True


200

True or false... tornadoes form over water

True

200
Scientists who study weather
Who are meteorologists?
200
Spinning cloud with a funnel shape
What is a tornado?
200
Where you should go during a tornado if you are in a school or public building
What is the lowest level of the building?
300

True or false... Worms wriggle up from underground when a flood is coming

True


300

What are tornadoes made out of?

Air

300

Instrument that shows the temperature of the air

What is a thermometer? 

300
Large, powerful storm that occurs over large bodies of water
What is a hurricane?
300
April through June
What are the months that the most tornadoes occur?
400

What TWO animals can sense when a storm is coming?

Cats and dogs

400

How fast can a tornado travel (MPH)?

250 MPH

400

Instrument that measures wind speed

What is an anemometer?

400
Water overflow that is caused by a large amount of rainfall
What is a flood?
400
What you should do if you’re in a car during a tornado
What is pull over and get out of the vehicle?
500

How many thunderstorms rain down each MINUTE on Earth?

2,000

500
How long did the LONGEST tornado last?

3.5 hours! It went from Ellington, MO to Princeton, IN

500
The weather of a place over a long time
What is climate?
500
Another name for a hurricane
What is a typhoon?
500

Name 10 things you should always have in your basement in case a tornado were to occur

1. Extra clothes

2. Food

3. Water

4. Medicine

5. Shoes

6. Pillow

7. Blanket

8. Flashlight

9. Phone, radio or computer

10. First aid kit

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