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Cloze Paragraphs Natural Disasters Theme, Vol. 2

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Table of Contents

Theme

Tornados 1-10

Hurricanes 11-20

Floods 21-30

Answers 31-32

SKill

6-word Cloze 1-2, 11-14, 21-24

8-word Cloze 3-6, 15-17, 25-27

10-word Cloze 7-10, 18-20, 28-30

Answers 31-32

Standard

National Science Learning Standard: Earth and Space Science: Students will develop an understanding of properties of earth materials, objects in the sky, changes in earth and sky, structure of the earth system, Earth’s history, and Earth in the solar system 1-30 Answers 31-32

Name _________________________________________ Date ____________________________ Theme: Forces of Nature Topic: Tornados

National Science Learning Standard: Earth and Space Science: Students will develop an understanding of properties of earth materials, objects in the sky, changes in earth and sky, structure of the earth system, Earth’s history, and

Earth in the solar system. © 2005 Teachnology, Inc.

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Directions: Complete the paragraph below by writing the words from the word box on the spaces provided. Be sure to spell each word correctly.

Tornados

Word Box

injuries deadly cyclones

black speeds narrow

Tornadoes are a __________________ natural force of nature. They typically are very

narrow, _________________, and funnel shaped. Despite their __________________ size, they

have the potential to leave behind mass destruction and death. Most destruction,

__________________, and deaths are a result of the wind during a tornado. Other commonly

used terms to describe tornadoes are and twisters. Tornadoes are often seen as an extension of a

cumulonimbus cloud.




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Tornados

Word Box

equator direction swirl

speed tornado tornado

The wind ___________________ during a tornado is of damaging and deadly

proportions. The wind during a ___________________ north of the earth's equator spirals in a

counter clockwise direction. South of the _________________, a tornado's wind swirls in a

clockwise _________________. Tornadoes have the potential to __________________ at speeds

exceeding 300 miles per hours. Air pressure surrounding a __________________ is higher than

the air pressure inside the tornado.




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Tornados

Word Box

trees States turned strength

Tornados three considered scale

In the United _________________, the Fujita-Pearson Scale is used to classify tornados.

This _________________ runs from level zero to level six. _________________ classified as a

level one are __________________ to be a moderate tornado. Winds may be of hurricane

__________________ and mobile homes may be overturned. A level _________________

tornado is categorized as a severe tornado. Roofs may be torn off and __________________ may

be uprooted. It’s also possible for trains to be __________________ over!




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Tornados

Word Box

violent destructive world’s injure

United tornados speeds anywhere

Tornados may be among the __________________ most deadly and destructive natural

forces. They are terrifically __________________ storms that have the potential to occur just

about ___________________ in the United States and at any given time. Yearly, about 1,000

___________________ are reported in the United States. These tornados __________________

more than 1,500 people and kill close to 100. Most ____________________ tornados spiral

wind __________________ exceeding 250 miles per hour. Different regions of the States have

peak times when tornados are likely.




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Tornados

Word Box

water storms tornados damage

air thunderstorm waterspout column

Tornados are violent __________________ of rotating air. This column of

___________________ extends to the earth from a thunderstorm cloud. This

___________________ is usually in the shape of a funnel. Some __________________ form

over the earth and others over __________________ . Land tornados most often form during the

early stages of a developing __________________ . Waterspouts develop over open water and

will usually move toward land. Once reaching land, the __________________ becomes a

tornado, capable of __________________ and injury.




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Tornados

Word Box

not clear information most

protect structure tornado shelters

Tornados are among the world’s __________________ violent storms. However, there

are ways to __________________ yourself. If you are ever in a situation where you are facing a

__________________, find a storm cellar or basement. Stay __________________ of windows.

If you are unable to find either of these __________________, go into a closet or bathroom on

the lowest floor of a __________________ or building. If outdoors, try to find an overpass. If

it’s ___________________ raining, find a ditch. By far, the best protection from a tornado is

staying up to date with weather and following directions.




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Tornados

Word Box

areas tornadoes needed United nature

locations more world climate thunderstorms

Several areas in the _______________ are more like to have tornadoes. These are

_________________ more prone to this natural force of _________________ due to the relationship between landforms and the _________________ of the region. Australia is one of the _________________ where tornadoes occur _________________ frequently. The Midwestern and Southern parts of the _________________ States of America are also areas where __________________ form more often. Severe _________________ sometimes produce the factors _________________ for a tornado to form.




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Tornados

Word Box

earth's flying miles during destroyed

one destructive narrow last Tornadoes

Tornadoes are a _________________ and often deadly force of nature.

_________________ are a spiral of wind, with potential speeds of over 300

_________________ per hour, that travel in a skipping motion over the ___________________

crust. Tornadoes usually only __________________ for a couple minutes in any

__________________ location. Flying debris or __________________ objects often causes

injuries _________________ a tornado. Tornadoes move in such a _________________ path

that many times some places are often __________________ while other places, only a short

distance away, are untouched.




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Tornados

Word Box

cloud thunderstorm air nature funnel

shaped supercell Tornadoes tropical violent

Tornadoes are a funnel __________________ natural and destructive force of

__________________ that often is the extension of a cumulonimbus cloud.

__________________ often happen during a severe or __________________ thunderstorm. This

large _________________ is also sometimes called a supercell. It’s when cold polar air and

warm __________________ air meet that create the ingredients for a ___________________ to

form. Great instability is caused when these two __________________ masses meet and the

potential for a cumulonimbus _________________ is present. Tornadoes are easy to see forming

as the descends from this type of cloud. Often, heavy rain and lightening are associated with

tornadoes.




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Tornados

Word Box

damage tornados per largest wind

Professor everything level scale Forecast

The strength of __________________ can be classified on what’s known as the Fujita-

Pearson Scale. A University of Chicago professor named ___________________ Fujita and a

National Severe Weather Storm _____________________ Center director named Dr. Allen

Pearson developed this ___________________. The scale is rated from level zero to

__________________ six. A level six tornado is the ___________________ and would most

likely destroy __________________ in its path. The smallest scale tornado could produce

_________________ speeds between 40 and 72 miles __________________ hour. Minor

___________________ is possible with this strength tornado.

Name _________________________________________ Date ____________________________ Theme: Forces of Nature Topic: Hurricanes



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Hurricanes

Word Box

rotation Hurricanes speeds

Mother waves year

Hurricanes are among Nature’s most natural and damaging forces. ________________

have the potential of producing violent winds, _________________, and rain. They move in a

clockwise ________________ around what is called the eye, or its center. Each

__________________ in the Atlantic, an average of six hurricanes develop. In order to be

categorized as a hurricane, wind __________________ must be at lease 74 miles per hour.




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Hurricanes

Word Box

rotate winds clockwise

Hurricanes Northern ocean

Hurricanes generally occur in parts of the __________________ close to the Equator.

__________________ are often tropical in nature. The ________________ of these natural

forces of nature swirl around its center, known as the eye. In the __________________

Hemisphere, the hurricane’s winds __________________ in a counterclockwise direction. That

means the winds swirl west to east. Hurricane winds rotate _________________, east to west, in

the Southern Hemisphere.




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Hurricanes

Word Box

scale wind damaging

classified category Five

Hurricanes are rated on a _________________ known as the Saffir-Simpson Hur Scale.

_________________ categories of hurricanes are rated according to this scale. A category 1

hurricane has _________________ speeds of 74-95 miles per hour. A category 2 hurricane has

wind speeds 96-110 miles per hour. Wind speeds of 111-130 miles per hour equal a

________________ 3 hurricane. Category 4 hurricanes produce wind speeds between 131-154

miles per hour. Among the most deadly and _________________ of all these storms is a

category 5 hurricane with wind speeds 155 miles per hour and higher. Hurricanes have the most

damaging potential when __________________ category three, four, and five.




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Hurricanes

Word Box

information Hunters rainfall

directly collect aircraft

Hurricane Hunters of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron/403rd Wing fly

__________________ into hurricanes in an aircraft called the C-130. This strong

________________ has specialized weather-recording equipment used to _________________

data about the hurricane. Through these devises, Hurricane _________________ can obtain wind

speeds, barometric pressures, and _________________ information. They then send this to the

National Hurricane Center located in Miami, Florida.




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Hurricanes

Word Box

means storm thunderstorm speeds

beginning wind miles increase

Thunderstorms are often at the ________________ of what becomes a hurricane. As the

__________________ intensifies, it may be categorized as a tropical depression. This simply

________________ that there’s a great deal of rain and _________________ at speeds less than

38 miles per hour. As wind speeds ________________, beyond 39 miles per hour and up to 73

________________ per hour, a tropical storm is present. A ________________ of hurricane

magnitude includes wind ________________ exceeding 74 miles per hour.




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Hurricanes

Word Box

places magnitude storms Hurricanes

light Mexico Atlantic tropical

Hurricanes form in various ________________ in the world. These locations include the

southern _______________ Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of ________________, and the

eastern part of the Pacific Ocean. _________________ are tropical storms of great

________________ and severity. They need warm ________________ oceans, plenty of

moisture, and _________________ winds in order to develop. Hurricanes have the potential to

create violent ____________________ of winds, rains, waves, and sometimes floods.




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Hurricanes

Word Box

powerful referred United hurricane

Atlantic Caribbean world Center

In the _________________ States, Mexico, Central America and the

_________________ hurricanes most often occur between June 1st and November 30th. This

period of time is referred to as the __________________ season since the variables are present

for the likelihood of this ________________ force of nature. Hurricanes are also

_________________ to as typhoons or cyclones, depending on what part of the

_________________ is identifying the storm. The National Hurricane ________________ calls

hurricanes a tropical cyclone that forms in the ________________ Ocean.




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Hurricanes

Word Box

hurricanes located aircraft Force plane

Department 1965 members instruments Hunters

The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron/403rd Wing is _________________ in

Biloxi, Mississippi on the Keesler Air ________________ Base. The only organization to ever

fly into hurricanes is the US ________________ of Defense. The group ________________ of

this squadron, are known as Hurricane ________________, use the C-130 Hercules when flying

into these storms. The C-130 Hercules is a turboprop _________________ . The US Department

of Defense, on overseer of the US Military, has been flying ________________ into these

violent storms since 1944. The C-130, used since _________________, contains highly

specialized and sensitive weather ________________ used to record information about

_________________ .




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Hurricanes

Word Box

degrees strength tropical storms hurricane

three systems status air ingredients

Hurricanes are low-pressure _________________ . The lowest pressure area of the

_________________ is located in the eye. Tropical water and ________________ regions are

often hosts for hurricanes. These waters are at least generally about 80 ________________

Fahrenheit. The warm waters, moist ________________, and equatorial winds are among the

_________________ for a hurricane. These storms reach the status of a hurricane through a

series of ________________ stages. Fist, these ________________ often start out as a

thunderstorm. Then they gain ________________ and become a tropical storm. Finally,

strengthening even more, they can reach hurricane ________________ .




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Hurricanes

Word Box

called violent calm direction condensation

hurricane part bands three winds

Hurricanes have __________________ major parts . The eye of the ________________

is the very center of the storm. The eye is generally ________________ and is a low-pressure

area. The most _______________ winds, as well as the fastest ________________, are located

just around the eye. This ________________ of a hurricane is called the eye wall.

Thunderstorms that rotate in an outwardly ________________ from the hurricane’s eye are

________________ rain bands. These rain _________________ are part of the cycle of

evaporation and _________________ that fuel the hurricane.

Name _________________________________________ Date ____________________________ Theme: Forces of Nature Topic: Floods



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Floods

Word Box

thaws temporary Floods

widespread causes spring

Among the most __________________ as well as common natural forces of nature are

floods. ________________ may, and often do, occur in any location. Various

_________________ of floods exist. Floods may result from winter _________________,

intense thunderstorms, and abundant rains associated with the ________________ . Floods are

often _________________ and generalized to a particular location.




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Floods

Word Box

Floods contain complete

level Program quickly

Floods may develop very ________________ yet more typically, take several days.

_________________ may develop in just about any location worldwide. By definition from the

National Flood Insurance _________________, floods are “…partial or _________________

inundation of two or more acres of normally dry __________________ area…”. Creating what

are known as levees can sometimes floods.




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Floods

Word Box

overflow intense water

world flood result

Floods may occur anywhere in the ________________ . Often, floods are the

_______________ of heavy rains, winter thaws, or violent and ________________

thunderstorms. What happens that causes a ________________ is that all this rain fills the rivers

and other water landforms. The inability of these waterways to hold all this ________________

results in what’s known as overflow. This ________________ is what leads to flooding of

surrounding and normally dry flat areas.




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Floods

Word Box

many flash water

occur list rainfall

Floods may ________________ when an imbalance exists in the _______________

cycle. This imbalance has _________________ variables that contribute to this state. The

following _________________ identifies several of these factors.

1. intense rainfall

2. heavy _________________

3. over saturated soil

4. frozen soil

5. ice jams

Two basic types of floods exist. One type is called a regular river flood. The second, and

most deadly of the two, is the _______________ flood.




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Floods

Word Box

rising floods overflows dangerous

river slow basic Flash

Regular river ___________________ and flash floods are the two _________________

types of floods. Regular _________________ floods are when a river _________________ its

riverbanks. This is usually a very _________________ rising flood. ________________ floods,

on the other hand, are quick ________________ water levels that overtake a normally dry and

flat area. Flash floods are more _________________ than river floods.




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Floods

Word Box

public potential ability predicts

equipment floods Weather damaging

The National Weather Service ________________ the weather and also has the

responsibility of warning the _________________ about the weather. Recently, the National

________________ Service obtained a new piece of _________________ called Doplar Radar.

This new level and technological instrument has the _________________ to track rainfall very

precisely. As a result, the National Weather Service has the capacity to predict flash

________________ . The National Weather Service can state when and where these

__________________ and deadly forces of nature have the __________________ to occur.




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Floods

Word Box

erosion slow rivers flood

flat water materials riverbank

Floods most often occur on ________________ and broad regions that surround water.

Floods related to ________________ are ranked in three different categories. A stage one

__________________ includes mountain runoff. As the _________________ flows down the

mountain, it often erodes the _________________ and riverbed. Rivers that travel through

valleys actually _________________ down the current. As a result, far less _________________

will be transported. The flood plain stage causes the least amount of _________________ . In

fact, this stage may not cause any erosion at all.




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Floods

Word Box

prediction flooding water river surrounding

easier snow slowly types time

Rivers ________________ and flash flooding are the two basic _________________ of

flooding. River flooding is among the ________________ type to predict as well as respond to.

What happens is rain falls on the land _________________ the river, called a watershed. This

rain then _________________ makes its way, (or sheds), into the river. When a very large

amount of rain or __________________ exists, the rising water level of the _________________

becomes noticeable. This early detection of rising _____________________ levels pave the way

for early _________________ of flooding and provides ample _________________ for

evacuation.




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Floods

Word Box

varying overflow activity buildings wetlands

drained rivers dirt swampy soil

Mother Nature produces floods of ________________ strengths. However, through every

day human ________________ also influences the occurrence of flooding. For example

wetlands, ________________ land found along the edges of ________________, act as sponges.

However, currently, many ____________________ of the United States have been altered. The

wetlands have been _________________ to accommodate new construction or to be used as

farmland. Additionally, _________________ acts as a sponge. Yet, in many areas, parking lots,

__________________, and roads have replaced these grassy areas. The concrete that replaced

the ________________ in these areas force the rain and snow runoff into sewers and ditches that

sometimes ________________, hence causing flooding.




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Floods

Word Box

studying earth cycle research Floods

water scientist nature day movement

Maybe one __________________ you’d like to be a hydrologist, or a

____________________ who studies water. You would find yourself _________________ the

hydrological system, more commonly called the water _________________ . Among your

studies and _________________, you might pay attention to the natural force of

_________________ called floods. _________________ occur when there is an imbalance in the

_________________ cycle. The water cycle is the circular ___________________ of water from

the clouds to the soil to the waterways of the ___________________ (such as rivers, streams,

lakes, and oceans) and the waters return to the clouds.

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Answers Page 1 1. deadly 2. black 3. narrow 4. injuries 5. cyclones 6. speeds Page 2 1. speed 2. tornado 3. equator 4. direction 5. swirl 6. tornado Page 3 1. States 2. scale 3. Tornados 4. considered 5. strength 6. three 7. trees 8. turned Page 4 1. world’s 2. violent 3. anywhere 4. tornados 5. injure 6. destructive 7. speeds 8. United Page 5 1. storms 2. air 3. column 4. tornados 5. water 6. thunderstorm 7. waterspout 8. damage

Page 6 1. most 2. protect 3. tornados 4. clear 5. shelters 6. structure 7. not 8. information Page 7 1. world 2. areas 3. nature 4. locations 5. more 6. United 7. tornados 8. thunderstorms 9. needed 10. climate Page 8 1. destructive 2. Tornados 3. miles 4. earth’s 5. last 6. one 7. flying 8. during 9. narrow 10. destroyed Page 9 1. shaped 2. nature 3. Tornados 4. violent 5. thunderstorm 6. tropical 7. supercell 8. air 9. cloud 10. funnel

Page 10 1. tornado 2. Professor 3. Forecast 4. scale 5. level 6. largest 7. destroy 8. wind 9. per 10. damage Page 11 1. Mother 2. Hurricanes 3. waves 4. rotation 5. year 6. speeds

Page 12 1. ocean 2. hurricanes 3. winds 4. Northern 5. rotate 6. clockwise Page 13 1. scale 2. Five 3. wind 4. category 5. damaging 6. classified Page 14 1. directly 2. aircraft 3. collect 4. Hunters 5. rainfall 6. information Page 15 1. beginning 2. thunderstorms 3. means 4. wind 5. increase 6. miles 7. storm 8. speeds

Page 16 1. places 2. Atlantic 3. Mexico 4. Hurricane 5. magnitude 6. tropical 7. light 8. storms Page 17 1. United 2. Caribbean 3. hurricane 4. powerful 5. referred 6. world 7. Center 8. Atlantic Page 18 1. located 2. Force 3. Department 4. members 5. Hunters 6. plane 7. aircraft 8. 1965 9. instruments 10. hurricanes Page 19 1. systems 2. hurricane 3. tropical 4. degrees 5. air 6. ingredients 7. three 8. storms 9. strength 10. status

Page 20 1. three 2. hurricane 3. calm 4. violent 5. winds 6. part 7. direction 8. called 9. bands 10. condensation Page 21 1. widespread 2. Floods 3. causes 4. thaws 5. spring 6. temporary Page 22 1. quickly 2. Floods 3. Program 4. complete 5. level 6. contain Page 23 1. world 2. result 3. intense 4. flood 5. water 6. overflow Page 24 1. occur 2. water 3. many 4. list 5. rainfall 6. flash Page 25 1. floods 2. basic 3. river 4. overflows 5. slow 6. Flash 7. rising 8. dangerous

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Page 26 1. predicts 2. public 3. Weather 4. equipment 5. ability 6. floods 7. damaging 8. potential Page 27 1. flat 2. rivers 3. flood 4. water 5. riverbank 6. slow 7. materials 8. erosion Page 28 1. flooding 2. types 3. easier 4. surrounding 5. slowly 6. snow 7. river 8. water 9. prediction 10. time Page 29 1. varying 2. activity 3. swampy 4. rivers 5. wetlands 6. drained 7. dirt 8. buildings 9. soil 10. overflow Page 30 1. day 2. scientist 3. studying 4. cycle 5. research 6. nature 7. Floods 8. water 9. movement 10. earth

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