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1. Eye of the
Storm
I can determine the
meaning of and use
key vocabulary
words correctly.

2. Collide

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

4. Collide
– To bump into another mass with force.

5. Funnel Cloud

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

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

8. Jagged

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

10. Jagged
• Having a sharp, pointed edge or outline.

11. Lightning

12. Lightning
• The sky filled with lightning during the
major storm.

13. Lightning
• The flash of light in the sky when
electricity passes between clouds or
between a cloud and the ground.

14. Prairies

15. Prairies
• The grassland of
the prairies
stretches for
miles.

16. Prairies
• Flat, open
grasslands.

17. Rotate

18. Rotate
• The tornado began to rotate violently.

19. Rotate
• To swirl in a circular motion.

20. Severe

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

22. Severe
• Serious or extreme in nature.

23. Sizzling

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

25. Sizzling
• Crackling with intense heat.

26. Tornadoes

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

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

29. Sounds of a tornado
• http://www.stormsounds.com/home/index.html
• (super cell tornado)