molithia-spencer - Tornado Webquest

Complete the following tasks. Answers should be written on a piece of paper and will be turned in at the end of class today. DO NOT COPY ANSWERS. Plagiarism is not acceptable and will receive a ZERO. Put answers in your own words.
HAVE FUN!

Step 1
Use the following websites to help you answer the questions below.

National Severe Storm Laboratory: Weather Roomhttp://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/

Weather Wiz Kids http://www.weatherwizkids.com/index.htm

Web Weather for Kids http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/index.html

Scholastic Weather Watchhttp://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/index.htm

A. What is a tornado and how does it form?
B. Where and when can tornados occur?
C. How are tornadoes measured and tracked?
D. What kind of damage can tornados create?

Step 2
Use the following websites to answer the questions below:

Weather Wiz Kids: Weather Safety http://www.weatherwizkids.com/WxSafety.htm

Red Cross Disaster Serviceshttp://www.redcross.org/prepare/location/home-family

E. How can people keep safe from a tornado?
F. What is the difference between a tornado warning and a tornado watch?
G. Name some important items to put in an emergency tornado disaster kit.

Step 3
Reflect on your research and answer the questions in your own words. Each Answer MUST be 5+ sentences.

H. Why do you think it is important to study severe weather?
I. Are tornados a serious threat to our state? Why?

1. Go to: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/wwa/

J. Are there any tornado watches or warnings in the United States today?
K. What other watches or warnings do you see?

Use the following websites to answer the questions below.

http://library.thinkquest.org/C001472/neen/tornadoes/alley.content.html
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Atmosphere/tornado/alley.html

L. Where is the area referred to as Tornado Alley and why is it called this?
M. What makes this area "ideal" for tornadoes to form?
N. Where else in the world do tornadoes frequently occur?

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