Tornado study by Brady N. #15 by Brady Norris

3003887 — 2017-02-22 20:52:52 UTC

Here is a F5 tornado picture.

3003887 — 2017-02-22 21:04:04 UTC

This is what happened after that tornado.
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3003887 — 2017-02-22 21:06:45 UTC

My choice is tornadoes because they are and dangerous. I am kind of scared of tornadoes and want to learn understand them better, so I won't be as scared.

3003887 — 2017-02-22 21:14:10 UTC

There are 6 different strengths of tornadoes. F0, F1, F2, F3, F4, and F5.

Questions

3003887 — 2017-02-22 21:30:56 UTC

How do tornadoes form? How do tornadoes affect the earth? Where do tornadoes mostly occur?

How do tornadoes form pic.

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Tornadoes scale

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How do tornadoes form

3003887 — 2017-02-22 21:46:31 UTC

1000 feet off the ground must be 5mph cold air. 5000 feet off the ground must be 25mph warm air. If caught in a supercell the winds will tighten up and make a funnel.

3003887 — 2017-02-22 22:12:05 UTC

There are 6 different types of tornadoes: Supercell, gustnado (throws around dust) Waterspout (Forms over water) Firewhirls (Form over fire) Dustdevil (Stronger winds than Gustnado) Landspout, and downburst (Instantly forming tornado)

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Sources

3003887 — 2017-02-28 16:29:32 UTC

Kids search -> kids crossing The National Atmospheric Research and UCAR office.
Eo.ucar.edu

Epic! Tornadoes By Peter Murray
Publisher child's world
www.getepic.com

www.nationalgeographic.com

Epic! Detecting Tornadoes
By Marne Ventura
North Star addition
Www.getepic.com

How do tornadoes affect the earth? 🌎

3003887 — 2017-03-02 16:02:32 UTC

Tornadoes can cause damage to man-made structures. Ex: houses and bridges.
They can rip a lot of trees out of the ground. Mild tornadoes can make trees lose some branches. Strong tornadoes could affect whole trees getting ripped out of the ground. It can cause pollution. Ex: junk, and dirt. Tornadoes are dangerous to humans because if not properly warned, people are unable to take safety measures.

3003887 — 2017-03-02 16:12:56 UTC

Where do tornadoes mostly occur?

3003887 — 2017-03-02 16:15:00 UTC

"Tornado ally" is where most tornadoes mostly occur. Covers 18 states. ( basically down the middle of the U.S.A.) Tornadoes can occur anywhere other than Antartica. Tornadoes form in both hemispheres between 30 degrees to 50 degrees.

Vocabulary

3003887 — 2017-03-02 16:21:20 UTC

Hemispheres -> one of the halves of the earth as divided by the equator.

Tornado -> a violent destructive whirling wind accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud that progresses in a narrow path over the land

Definitions are from Webster's Dictionary for Students
Created in Cooperation with the editors of Merriam-Webster

Tornado videos

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