What is the difference between a water cycle and a tornado?

Answer 1

Tornadoes are produce by thunderstorms. Thunderstroms are the result of water evaporating and condensing and produce precipitation.

Answer 2

The water cycle is the process of evaporation, precipitation (rain, snow, etc.) and runoff by which water cycles through the environment.

A tornado is a violently rotating and destructive column of air produced by a thunderstorm.

Answer 3

Hurricanes are storm systems that form when moisture evaporates from warm ocean water and condenses into storm clouds. Hurricanes produce heavy rain.

Tornadoes form from thunderstorms. These storm also form from moisture evaporating and then condensing into storm clouds. These storms can produce heavy rain and hail.

The tornadoes themselves, however, play little to no role in the water cycle

Answer 4

It is complicated. As you travel up in the atmosphere the temperature generally goes down except in the occasional inversion layer. The rate at which the atmosphere cools is called the environmental lapse rate. However, if something nudges a blob of air (called a parcel) it will also cool. If it cools faster than the environmental lapse rate it will end up cooler than its surroundings and sink back down. If it cools slower than the environmental lapse rate it may end up warmer than its surroundings and continue to rise on its own. If a parcel of air is moist and is lifted it may cool to a point a point where the moisture in it starts to condense, forming a cloud. As the moisture condenses it slow the rate at which the parcel cools as it rises, making it more likely that the parcel will continue to rise. In fact, in many cases the condensation is needed for this to occur. If the updraft in this cloud is strong enough it will develop into a thunderstorm. If other conditions are right the thunderstorm may produce a tornado.

Moisture in the air is absolutely necessary for tornadoes to form.

Answer 5

Water evaporates to form water vapor. This water vapor eventually forms clouds, including storm clouds. Moisture in the air is essentially what fuels thunderstorms. Tornadoes are a product of thunderstorms.

Answer 6

There are no similarities worth noting. Tornadoes are indirectly related to the water cycle as they are spawned by thunderstorms, which are part of the water cycle. The tornadoes themselves do not play any role.

Answer 7

The dew point is the temperature at which the moisture in the air will condense. It is based on the amount of water vapor present in the air; more moisture means a higher dew point. Tornadoes form from strong thunderstorms, which are fueled by warm, moist air. The higher the dew point the more energy is available for a storm and thus (if other conditions are right) more potential for tornadoes.

Answer 8

They don't. They are products of the water cycle, but to not play an active role in it.

Answer 9

Tornadoes are produced by thunderstorms, which are a major part of the water cycle.

Answer 10

Thunderstorms are part of the precipitation stage of the water cycle. Any type of precipitation, like rain, would be precipitation. Thunderstorms drop rain, it drops rain or precipitation.