Tornadoes By Melissa Blake and Sarah Experiment Materials

Tornadoes By: Melissa Blake and Sarah

Experiment!! • Materials : » Clear jar » Dishwashing Liquid » Food Coloring » Water • Procedure » Fill up your jar with water » Add a little bit of the dishwashing liquid » Add a few drops of the food coloring » Swirl container several times (kind of fast) then stop and look for tornado.

Causes of Tornadoes: • Tornadoes form from thunderstorms that develop in warm, moist air • They also form along dry lines of weather • Dry lines= separation of warm, moist air from hot, dry air

Facts About Tornadoes: • Definition of Tornado: Rapidly rotating column of air which moves down from the base of clouds • Average speed = 30 -70 mph • “Tornado Alley” runs through Texas up through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and to the Dakotas.

Safety Tips for a Tornado: • Seek shelter under a sturdy table in the basement • Go to a small interior room with no windows • Best not to be in vehicles

Tornadoes in Ohio • Biggest ones in Ohio: • 1974 in Wilmington, Ohio: killed 41 people; 2, 000 injured; damaged about 7, 000 homes, and the damages cost $326, 000. • April 9, 1999 in Cincinnati, Ohio: killed 4 people in Montgomery and Blue Ash counties; been deadliest since 1974.

Works Cited: • http: //www. disastercenter. com/ohio/tornado. html • http: //www. publicaffairs. noaa. gov/storms/ohio. html • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/April_9, _1999_Cincinnati, _Ohio_ Tornado • http: //www. metoffice. gov. uk/education/einstein_year/experim ent 1. html • http: //www. fema. gov/hazard/tornado/index. shtm • http: //www. nssl. noaa. gov/edu/safety/tornadoguide. html