Tornadoes in Kansas, Missouri USA Kansas is known for many things such as wheat and sunflowers, but in the spring it’s most popular for its tornadoes. Tornadoes are storms with rapidly rotating winds that form a funnel cloud. Also known as twisters, they extend downward from the huge clouds of a severe thunderstorm. The winds that rotate within a tornado usually reach a speed of almost 300 miles per hour! A tornado often sweeps through an area quickly, and it can cause a lot of destruction. There have been a number of remarkable reports of tornadoes. In one instance, a schoolhouse was demolished while the 85 students inside were carried more than 400 feet away and the remarkable thing is none were killed. There was also a case of five railway coaches, each weighing 70 tons, lifted from their tracks. Perhaps you have seen the famous movie called The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, where he tells the story of Dorothy, who gets caught in a Kansas tornado and lands in the imaginary Land of Oz This story, has been dramatized on stage and film which stars Judy Garland as Dorothy. Vocabulary words from this article: demolish film funnel imaginary remarkable rotate storm tornado track Reading Questions 1. What is Kansas known for? a. wheat b. potatoes c. sunflowers d. a and c 2. How fast do the winds rotate within a tornado? a. 85 miles per hour b. 400 miles per hour c. 300 miles per hour d. 70 miles per hour 3. Tornadoes are also known as a. thunderstorms b. typhoons c. tempests d. twisters 4. Which of the following statements is true? A. Eighty-students died when a tornado struck their schoolhouse. B. A tornado lifted five heavy railroad coaches from their tracks. In the film, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, how was Dorothy transported away from her family? What kind of storms do you have in your country?
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 20:06:44 +0000
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