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Eye of the Storm

Eye of the Storm. Genre: Nonfiction. Meet the Author. Stephen Kramer. Stephen Kramer is the author of The Dark Zone and other science books for young readers. He teaches fifth grade near Vancouver, Washington, where he lives with his wife and two sons. In his spare

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Eye of the Storm

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  1. Eye of the Storm Genre: Nonfiction

  2. Meet the Author Stephen Kramer Stephen Kramer is the author of The Dark Zone and other science books for young readers. He teaches fifth grade near Vancouver, Washington, where he lives with his wife and two sons. In his spare time, he's learning to play the bagpipes!

  3. Meet the Photographer Warren Faidley Warren Faidley is the world's only full-time storm-chasing photographer and journalist. He often talks about severe weather on television and radio and also worked on the movie Twister. His "Storms" calendar is so popular that it sells out every year.

  4. Key Vocabulary

  5. collide Verb: coming together, usually unexpectedly

  6. funnel cloud Noun: A rotating funnel-shaped Cloud forming the core of a tornado or waterspout.

  7. jagged Adjective: With rough, sharp points coming out

  8. lightning Noun: The occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground

  9. praries Noun: A large open area of grassland

  10. severe Adjective: Very great or very intense

  11. sizzling Verb: very hot, can make a hissing sound.

  12. tornadoes Noun: A mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud

  13. More Words to Know But you do not need to document in your Vocabulary Book

  14. saguaros Saguaros grow very tall in the desert.

  15. conditions Tornadoes form when conditions are right.

  16. occupation Tornado chasers have an exciting occupation.

  17. updraft The updraft trunk of a supercell storm can look like stacked plates.

  18. vortices These vortices are created by whirling air.

  19. multivortex A multivortex tornado is a scary sight.

  20. fortunate You are fortunate if you have never experienced a multivortex tornado.

  21. Reviewing Vocabulary

  22. occupation saguaros rotate lightning tornadoes updraft collide fortunate

  23. sizzling severe prairies vortices funnel cloud jagged multivortex conditions

  24. To find out more about tornadoes... right click here.

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