tornado formation

What type of air is needed for tornadoes to form?

• Warm air

• Tropical continental

• cold air

• polar maritime

What is the name of the line where the warm air and cold air meet?

• mesocyclone

• equator

• dryline

• line

Why does the cold air force the warm moist air to rise?

• warm air is heavier than cold air

• warm air does not rise.

• Warm air rises on its own

• cold air is heavy and forces it to rise.

What happens when the warm moist air is forced to rise?

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

• surface runoff

What is the name of the large thunderstorm created?

• mesocyclone

• supercell

• storm cloud

• funnel

What causes the rising warm air in the supercell to spin?

• winds travelling in the air

• winds coming from above

• winds coming from below

• winds travelling on the ground

What is the spinning air called?

• supercell

• mesocyclone

• funnel

• Jim

Why does the mesocyclone sink to the ground?

• gravity

• Jim likes to sit down

• cold air is heavy and forces it down

• its weight

What part of the tornado does this create?

• funnel

• funel

• fuunneell

• funele