Severe Storms Escape room

Earth's atmosphere

Severe Storms Escape room

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You and your friends have been studying to become official “Storm Spotters.” Storm Spotters are trained professionals that drive near severe weather in order to provide meteorologists with real time information about the storms. This is a very serious, important job than can help save lives. You must know ALL about severe weather, especially tornadoes, in order to do your job safely. You and your friends walk into the last day of your class, but your teacher is nowhere to be found. There is only a TV at the front of the classroom. Suddenly, the TV turns on…

In order to prove that you can be an official Storm Spotter, you must answer the clues I have left for you to unlock the way that contains your certification. If you cannot break into the box, you will have to repeat the course. Good luck!

Hello students, You have all been studying how to become Storm Spotters in order to provide meteorologists with real time information about tornadoes. As you have learned, you must know information about the atmosphere, clouds, thunder, rain, wind, and much more.

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What are tornadoes? Rapidly ________ columns of air

revolving

rotating

orbiting

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How do tornadoes connect to the ground? via a ______ of cloud

column

vortex

funnel

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What type of thunderstorms do tornadoes form inside of? These are called __________

supercells

phenomenon

sea-breeze

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What are some things that can come from supercell storms? high force _____ giant hail stones flooding great _______ of lightning

gusts, streaks

winds, streaks

winds, flashes

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When does a storm officially become a tornado? The second the spinning tube of cloud touches the ______

clouds

ground

surface

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When do tornadoes come to an end? ___________ differences disappear conditions grow more stable the moisture in the air _____ up

temperature, rises

instability, dries

temperature, dries

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Storm Spotters must always be _____ of changing conditions, storm paths, lightning, hail, debris, and safe storm distances.

aware

alert

acute

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Use the map to rate the tornado according to the Enhanced Fujita Scale.

EF 1

EF 3

EF 2

EF 4

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Use the map to rate the tornado according to the Enhanced Fujita Scale.

EF 1

EF 3

EF 2

EF 4

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Use the map to rate the tornado according to the Enhanced Fujita Scale.

EF 1

EF 3

EF 2

EF 4

You found a secret message

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You found a new item for your inventory

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Use the magnifying glass to search for the code and then insert it into the typewriter

Enter the code

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How would you travel to chase storms 1 - 6? See the map.

Down, Up, Down, Down, Up

Down, Up, Down, Right, Up

Down, Up, Down, Up, Right

A briefcase has appeared...

It's locked...look in the inventory for something to open it

Congratulations

This is to certify that you have successfully passed Storm Spotter Training.

Are you sure you want to exit?

You will lose all progress made so far...

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The Enhanced Fujita Scale is a scale used to assess tornado damage. The original Fujita Scale was developed in 1971 by Dr. Theodore Fujita to help estimate tornado strength based on the damage done after the storms. The scale went from F-0 (zero) to F-5 (five) based on approximate wind speed and damage. In 2007, an updated scale, the Enhanced Fujita Scale started to be used. The new scale describes how 28 common things damaged by tornadoes are impacted. The scale still goes from EF-0 (zero) to EF-5 (five), with zero being the weakest and causing very little damage and five being the strongest causing complete destruction. It is hard to assess a tornado’s actual speed which is why damage after the storm is surveyed to help give meteorologists a better idea of how big and powerful the storm was. On a day like April 27, 2011, storm chasers are part of what is called a tornado outbreak. This is when many tornadoes are formed in storms throughout the day. This can be a storm that impacts multiple cities and/or states throughout the day. When a storm system is considered a tornado outbreak, the one system must produce at least 6 to 10 tornadoes. This can be very hard for storm chasers. The tornadoes can happen anytime and anywhere. Most tornado outbreaks occur during the tornado seasons of March through June. For now, the largest tornado outbreak occurred in the southeast part of the U.S. and is called the 2011 Super Outbreak. There were a total of 362 tornadoes. Do you have what it takes to chase storms to help save other people’s lives?

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