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Match the items with the correct descriptions.

Premises:
a scale for ranking how powerful a tornado is
0 an alert that a tornado has been spotted in an area
violent windstorms that take the form of a rotating column of air called a vortex that extends downward from a cumulonimbus cloud. Maximum winds can approach 480 kilometers (300 miles) per hour.
an alert that conditions in an area may be favorable to the development of tornados
a situation where dense cold air actively advances into a region occupied by warmer air
tropical cyclones with wind speeds in excess of 119 kilometers (74 miles) per hour. They are fueled by the latent heat that is liberated when huge quantities of water vapor condense.
a situation where warmer air actively advances into a region occupied by dense cold air
a scale for ranking how powerful a hurricane is
Responses:
cold front
warm front
Enhanced Fujita intensity scale
Saffir-Simpson scale
tornado watch
tornado warning
tornado
hurricane

Correct Answer:

a scale for ranking how powerful a tornado is
0 an alert that a tornado has been spotted in an area
violent windstorms that take the form of a rotating column of air called a vortex that extends downward from a cumulonimbus cloud. Maximum winds can approach 480 kilometers (300 miles) per hour.
an alert that conditions in an area may be favorable to the development of tornados
a situation where dense cold air actively advances into a region occupied by warmer air
tropical cyclones with wind speeds in excess of 119 kilometers (74 miles) per hour. They are fueled by the latent heat that is liberated when huge quantities of water vapor condense.
a situation where warmer air actively advances into a region occupied by dense cold air
a scale for ranking how powerful a hurricane is
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