Cari Meister - Tornadoes

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Discuss the childs questions.
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Ask: Have you ever been in
a tornado? What would you
do if your school were in the
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without written permission from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Meister, Cari, author. Tornadoes / by Cari Meister. (Disaster zone) Audience: Ages 710. (Disaster zone) Audience: Ages 710.

Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-62031-225-4 (hardcover: alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-62031-268-1 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-62496-312-4 (ebook) 1. TornadoesJuvenile literature. I. Title.

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Imagine you are visiting your
aunt in Oklahoma. The air is hot
and sticky. The sky looks green. 4 CHAPTER 1 A funnel cloud dips
from a storm cloud. 4 CHAPTER 1 A funnel cloud dips
from a storm cloud.

It starts to swirl and
twist. Its a tornado! funnel cloud CHAPTER 1

Sirens sound. You and your aunt take cover
in the basement. The tornado
whips and whirls. It uproots
trees. 6 CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 1 After a few minutes it grows quiet. 6 CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 1 After a few minutes it grows quiet.

The radio announcer says it is
safe to come out. You go upstairs. The roof is gone. Debris is
everywhere. But you are safe. 8 CHAPTER 1

debris CHAPTER 1 10 CHAPTER 1 Tornados are spinning columns
of air. 8 CHAPTER 1 debris CHAPTER 1 10 CHAPTER 1 Tornados are spinning columns
of air.

They form when wet, warm
winds meet dry, cold winds.
When the winds meet, the warm
air rises above the cold air.
As it rises, it cools and falls.
It starts to spin. The whirling
winds form a funnel.
If it touches the ground,
it becomes a tornado.

Tornadoes form when hot and cold
winds meet. = cold air = hot air funnel strong
winds cloud of debris CHAPTER 1 Some tornados are small. They might be just a few feet
( meter ) across. Others are
huge.

They can be more than
a mile ( 1.6 kilometers ) across. 12 CHAPTER 2

Experts measure tornados by their
wind speed and the damage they
cause. Some tornadoes have had
winds of more than miles per
hour ( kph )! CHAPTER 2 Tornadoes have touched down on every
continent but Antarctica. The United States
has about 1,200 of them each year. They mostly occur in an area known as
Tornado Alley. 14 CHAPTER 2 Tornado Alley covers much of the Great Plains,
between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River. = Tornado Alley CHAPTER 2