The Fujita scale _________________.
A) is a special way of gauging the weight of hailstones
B) quantifies tornado magnitude on an open-ended scale,similar to earthquake magnitude
C) quantifies tornado magnitude,based on maximum wind speed
D) quantifies nor'easters,based on maximum wind speed
E) assesses the severity of lightning strikes based on the electrical current between ground and cloud
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Q16: Thunder is caused by _.
A)the compression of
Q17: In the United States,total deaths from lightning
Q18: The physical principle of a spinning tornado
Q19: In the United States,the average yearly deaths
Q20: Adiabatic cooling occurs when:
A)air mass rises and
Q21: The inside of a tornado funnel has
Q22: The main destructive actions of tornadoes include
Q23: The average annual number of deaths from
Q24: Tornadoes preferentially kill all but which of
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