Describing a Tornado
Tornado Occurrence
Identify Parts of a Tornado
Tornado Strength Scale
Tornado Vocabulary
100
True or False: Tornado wind is invisible.
What is true.
100
True or False: Tornadoes occur in many parts of the world.
What is true.
100
The wall cloud is usually to the rear of the ------- precipitation area.
What is visible.
100
True or False: The F scale currently rates tornado strength.
What is false.
100
Caused by, produced by, or operated on by the atmosphere.
What is atmospheric.
200
True or False: A tornado is a narrow, violently non-rotating column of air.
What is false.
200
This place reports about 20 tornadoes each year.
What is New Zealand.
200
Isolated cloud lowering attached to the rain-free base of the thunderstorm.
What is wall cloud.
200
The most common and practical way to determine the strength of a tornado is to look at the ------ it caused.
What is damage.
200
To bring of draw to a common center or point of union.
What is concentrate.
300
A tornado can form a ------------ funnel.
What is condensation.
300
About how many tornadoes hit the U.S. yearly.
What is 1200 tornadoes.
300
------ bands are ragged bands of low cumulus clouds.
What is inflow.
300
Scale name to rate tornadoes in a more accurate manner.
What is Enhanced Fujita Scale.
300
A small cyclone that arises near a thunderstorm.
What is mesocyclone.
400
A condensation funnel of a tornado is made up of water droplets, dust, and ------.
What is debris.
400
An area of relatively high tornado occurrence.
What is Tornado Alley.
400
This funnel is made up of water droplets and extends downward from the base of the thunderstorm.
What is condensation.
400
For each damage indicator, there are ----- degrees of damage.
What is eight.
400
A billowing white or dark grey cloud associated with rising air currents.
What is cumulus.
500
The rotating column of air extends from the ---- of a thunderstorm to the -----.
What is base, ground.
500
On the Gulf coast tornado season is during ----- ------.
What is early spring.
500
RFD is the abbreviation of this word, it is a downward rush of air on the back side of the strom that descends along with the tornado.
What is rear flank downdraft.
500
Number of damage indicators when assigning a wind speed rating to a tornado.
What is twenty-eight.
500
To increase the density of.
What is condense.
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