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Do tornadoes help the soil

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No. In some cases very violent tornadoes actually damage the soil by scouring away the top layers.

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How can tornadoes affect the earth's surface?

Tornadoes can blow loose soil into the air and, in rare cases, severely scour the soil. Tornadoes may also increase erosion in places by destroying vegetation.


Why are some tornadoes red?

Tornadoes can lift large amounts of soil into the air and can so take on the soil's color. Some areas, particularly in parts of Nebraska and Kansas, have red soil.


How do tornadoes effect erosion?

Tornadoes can cause some erosion of soil and destroy trees, which can lead to further erosion.


How do tornadoes affect landforms?

Tornadoes have little to no effect on landforms. While tornadoes are violent events, they mostly leave the ground itself intact. In rare instances the most violent tornadoes will scour away soil to a depth of up to two feet.


How do tornadoes impact non living things?

Tornadoes damage and destroy manmade structures and can cause some soil erosion.


What makes up a tornadoes color?

A tornadoes color is determined by how the light falls on it, and often the color of soil that it is lifting up.


Why are lower parts of tornadoes often very dark?

Tornadoes often lift soil from the ground. This soil usually scatters as it is picked up, so it is usually most visible in the bottom portion of the tornado. This dust whirl as it is called will take on the color of the area's soil, and many tornadoes happen to hit areas with dark colored soils.


How do tornadoes affect the land formation?

They don't really. Tornadoes can cause some soil erosion, but this affect is not very significant except in rare cases of extremely violent tornadoes.


How did the F-scale help scientist learn more about unpredictable tornadoes?

The Fujita scale does not help in predicting tornadoes, but it is a useful tool in statistical studies of tornadoes, where singling out stronger or weaker tornadoes is useful.


Which type of succession follows tornadoes?

Secondary succession follows tornadoes, if there is any succession. Tornadoes can bring down many trees and damage vegetation, but they generally leave the soil intact.


What type of succession do tornadoes cause?

Tornadoes cause secondary succession. They destroy vegetation but leave most of the soil and some seeds in place.


What are they doing to help stop tornadoes?

Nothing. It is impossible to stop tornadoes. We can only warn people and help them prepare.