Vocabulary
a rapidly rotating, tube-shaped column of air
What is a tornado?
the clouds that tornadoes usually come from
What is cumulonimbus?
Sometimes this reverses it's direction
What is vortex/tornado?
Another word for a lot of damage
What is destructive?
Width of a tornado's path
What is a few hundred feet?
the air around us
What is atmosphere?
These are often associated with tornadoes
What is thunderstorm?
These were dropped on dry land during a tornado
What are fish & frogs?
Associated with
What is connected?
a tornado that forms over water
What is a waterspout?
pieces of flying trash
What is debris?
This is formed when warm air rises and then the water vapor cools
What is a vortex?
Sometimes a tornado has more than one of these
What is vortex?
Circling
What is spiraling?
The region in the US with the most tornadoes per year
What is Tornado Alley?
a twisting, funnel-shaped cloud
What is vortex?
Instrument that measures wind speed
What is anemometer?
When one house is destroyed but the one next door isn't
What is unpredictable?
Another word for force
What is pressure?
another name for tornado
What is cyclone or twister?
to get stuck in something
What is embed?
350 miles per hour
What is tornado wind speed?
Wood with a piece of straw stuck in it
What is embedded?
Another word for incidence
What is frequency?
the direction in which water vapor moves in the formation of a tornado
What is upwards?