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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT another name for a tornado?
Cyclones
Wind twist
Waterspouts
Twister
- 2. Multiple Choice
Tornadoes happen in which states?
Iowa
Florida
Oklahoma
All of the above
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which is NOT true of tornadoes?
Most tornadoes are local storms.
Typical tornadoes are 400-500 feet wide.
Tornado winds generally range from 20-50 miles per hour.
Tornadoes can last for a few minutes to an hour or more.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the first step in the birth of a tornado?
dark sky
thunderstorm
high wind
rain
- 5. Multiple Choice
All are true of air masses except:
They are fast growing thunderheads that take shape along the front and storms develop
They can be cool or warm, moist or dry.
They are made up of heat and cause hail.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT true of supercells?
They never occur in northern states.
They are most common from April to June.
They are most like to occur in an area known as tornado alley.
They can occur in some southern states from January to March.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements are true of a monster tornado?
Once lifted a twenty-ton trailer truck from a highway and dropping it in a field 1100 feet away.
Can pick up a house and move it down a block.
Once sucked up a pond of frogs and rained them down in another town.
All of the above.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT true of the 1977 tornado in Jarrell, Texas?
131 people died during the tornado.
The tornado stayed on the ground for fifteen to twenty minutes.
Rain and hail came after the tornado.
Fifty homes got lifted up and smashed.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which is true of waterspouts?
They are very strong tornadoes.
They are most common in mountainous areas.
They are very common in northern states.
They are common along the Gulf Coast.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following tornadoes have winds ranging from 73 to 112 miles per hour?
F0
F1
F2
F3
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which tornado is the most rare?
F1
F3
F4
F5
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not something a person may see or hear before a tornado?
Debris falls from the sky.
There is a continuous thunder and lightning.
Falling hail.
The sky turns greenish or greenish black.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which is not a safe place to go during a tornado warning?
Face down in a ditch
In a bathtub
Under a tree
In the basement
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is not true?
There are about 1000 tornadoes in the U.S. every year.
More tornadoes occur in Mexico than in the U.S.
Only a small number of tornadoes actually strike buildings.
Every year hundreds of people are killed or injured by tornadoes.
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