Tornado Facts
Tornado formation
Tornado Categories
Experiment based questions
100
Amount of tornadoes the U.S has per year
What is 1000
100
Wind in the ________ atmosphere, is faster than the wind at the surface
What is upper atmosphere
100
The amount of different categories
What is 6 EF0, EF1, EF2, EF3, EF4, EF5
100
The washer ____ the speed of water failing to create a funnel effect
What is slowed the speed
200
The country with the second highest frequency of tornadoes
What is Canada
200
The direction in which columns of air are created (either horizontal or vertical)
What is horizontal columns
200
An EF5 category tornado, must be over _____ MPH
What is 200
200
The tornado in a bottle represents the _____ effect
What is the Funnel effect
300
The percentage of tornadoes that are classified as "EF5's"
What is 2%
300
_______ Turns air columns vertical
What are Thunderstorms
300
The storm category in between 111 and 135 MPH
What is an EF2
300
The tornado in a bottle does not represent ____ conditions for formation
What are weather conditions
400
The percentage of tornado related deaths EF5s are responsible for
What is 70%
400
In the United States' tornado valley, dry air comes from the ____ Mountains
What are the Rockies
400
An EF4 tornado cannot be faster than _____ MPH
What is 200
400
____ winds are a result of the conditions
What are rotating winds
500
The scale tornadoes are measured by
What is the Enhanced Fujita Scale
500
Warm most air comes from the _____
What is the Gulf
500
A EF_ is between 136-165MPH
What is an EF3
500
Tornadoes form in the Mid____ region of the country
What is the Mid(west)
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