
8th Tornadoes
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8th Grade
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Angélica Manzanarez
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Tornadoes
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Objectives
Relating the formation, characteristics and dangers of tropical cyclones
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What is a tornado?
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Tornado
It can be described as a narrow funnel of powerful, rapidly whirling wind that stretches from a cloud to the ground
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Multiple Choice
If a funnel of whirling air is not connecting the clouds with the ground, can be described as a tornado?
True
False
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The tornadoes must connect the clouds to the ground
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Color of tornadoes
Tornadoes may appear transparent until dust and debris are picked up or a cloud forms within a funnel
The color of tornadoes can change depending on the particles that it carries within
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Movement of tornadoes
Tornadoes move randomly, in any direction
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Multiple Choice
Tornadoes move always from south to easth?
True
False
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The country with most tornadoes based on landsize is the United Kingdom with
an average of 33 tornadoes each year.
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The country with the gratest overall number of tornadoes and the most intense ones is The United States
with over 1000 tornadoes each year
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Classification of tornadoes
Super cell tornadoes
Non - super cell tornadoes
Aquatic tornadoes or waterspout
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Multiple Choice
What is a tornado that forms over water called?
Super Cell tornadoes
Non - super cell tornadoes
Waterspout
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Formation of tornadoes
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Tornado strength
The strength of a tornado is usually measured based on the damage it produces
One famous scale for tornadoes is the Enhanced Fujita (EF) in which the speed of the wind of the tornado is indirectly measured
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Tornado safety
The best you can do is to look for shelter inside of a windowless room on the first floor of the house or an underground room if you have it.
Cover your head with blnakets, so you can protect from falling objects.
Get away from mobile houses during a tornado, it's not a safe place to be
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Multiple Choice
The best you can do during a tornado is:
Look for shelter inside of a car
Go into a room of your house
Go to the room with more windows you can find
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