theme 1 eye of the storm vocabulary

Eye of the Storm

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key vocabulary words correctly.

Collide

Collide

• The tornado and car about to collide on the road.

Collide

– To bump into another mass with force.

Funnel Cloud

Funnel Cloud

• The funnel cloud is wide at the top and has touched the ground.

Funnel Cloud

• Tornado cloud that is wide at the top and narrow where it touches the ground.

Jagged

Jagged

• The jagged shape of the lightning lit up the night sky.

Jagged• Having a sharp, pointed edge or outline.

Lightning

Lightning• The sky filled with lightning during the

major storm.

Lightning• The flash of light in the sky when electricity

passes between clouds or between a cloud and the ground.

Prairies

Prairies

• The grassland of the prairies stretches for miles.

Prairies

• Flat, open grasslands.

Rotate

Rotate• The tornado began to rotate violently.

Rotate• To swirl in a circular motion.

Severe

Severe

• The severe tornado greatly damaged this Ohio town in 1974.

Severe

• Serious or extreme in nature.

Sizzling

Sizzling

• The bystanders could hear the sizzle from the lightning as it struck.

Sizzling

• Crackling with intense heat.

Tornadoes

Tornadoes

• The tornado, with its rotating column of air, was rapidly approaching the town.

Tornadoes

• Rotating columns of air accompanied by whirling funnel-shaped downspouts.

Sounds of a tornado

• http://www.stormsounds.com/home/index.html

• (super cell tornado)