- 1. Most tornadoes form from ________.
A) hurricanes
B) thunderstorms
C) cyclones
- 2. Where do tornadoes mostly form in the United States?
A) Midwest
B) northeast
C) southwest
- 3. The area of the U.S. where there are the most tornadoes is called ____________.
A) Tornado Alley
B) Tornado Walkway
C) Tornado Storm Street
- 4. What is a tornado called that forms over water?
A) water tornado
B) water storm
C) waterspout
- 5. Tornadoes have occurred in Canada. The provinces that have seen the most tornadoes are ______________
A) British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland
B) Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario
C) New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Quebec
- 6. A tornado ________ is when a tornado has been sighted. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!
A) watch
B) review
C) warning
- 7. What measures the intensity of a tornado? (How bad it is.)
A) Fujita Scale
B) Tortilla Scale
C) Saffri-Simpson
D) Tornado Scale
- 8. This is a rotating cone-shaped column of air that goes downward from the base of a thunderstorm.
A) cumulus cloud
B) funnel cloud
C) stratus cloud
D) cirrus cloud
- 9. Tornadoes occur LEAST often in this month.
A) May
B) January
C) June
- 10. In the Wizard of Oz, the tornado was referred to as a cyclone (spinning air). Today, cyclones refer ONLY to hurricanes in the Indian Ocean. What is another name for a TORNADO now-a-days? (Hint: There was a movie by this name)
A) Twister
B) Spiral Storm
C) Storm Surge
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