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What happens with frontal boundaries that causes a tornado to form?
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Tornadoes are most commonly associated with cold fronts. A cold front occurs when a cool air mass pushes into a warmer one. Since cold aid is denser than warm air, the warm air mass gets forced upwards. If that air is warm enough and moist enough that upward motion can trigger the formation of strong thunderstorms. If upper-level wind conditions are right, then these storms can start spinning, giving them the ability to produce tornadoes.
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What happens at colliding boundaries?
these boundaries are formed when two plates collide. When the two plate bump one plate is absorbed in the mantle of the other. Heat and pressure when these plates collide causes volcanoes and earthquakes.
What causes a tornadoes to spilt?
Tornadoes don't exactly split, but there are multiple vortex tornadoes. A multiple vortex tornado may appear to be composed of several smaller tornadoes but is still in fact one tornado. The process by which this happens is not fully understood, but it begins when a downdraft is forced down the center of the tornado, widening it. If the tornado has the right ratio of rotational speed to vertical speed it can develop a multiple vortex structure.
What causes more damage a tornado a hurricane or an earthquake?
A hurricane
What causes the plates to move that make an earthquake?
transform boundaries
What is left frontal lobe damage?
This indicates damage (either from trauma,dementia conditions, vascular causes or tumors, and more rarely from infections) to the left portion of the frontal lobe (area) of the brain.
What type of plate boundary causes a tornado?
Tornadoes are a a phenomenon of weather, not geology. Their occurrence has nothing to do with plate boundaries.
What causes thickening of the frontal lobe?
Meditation.
What frontal boundaries or air masses are present during a tornado?
Tornadoes can form near a variety of boundaries. They can form along a cold front, dry line or, less often, a warm front. Two prime locations for tornado formation are Larko's triangle and the triple point. Larko's triangle is an area near the center of a mid-latitude low between the cold front and the warm front. The triple point marks where a cold front and dry line intersect. In any case, the fronts are not the direct causes of the tornado and are not absolutely necessary for one to form. Some tornadoes can form away from fronts, such as in the outer bands of hurricanes. In almost all cases, however, a warm, moist (maritime tropical) air mass is present.
What element of thunderstorms causes a tornado?
The rotation in the updraft of a thunderstorm is ultimately what causes a tornado. However, most thunderstorms do not have such rotation.
What happens when plates slip past each other at transform boundaries?
When plates rub against each other in any direction, it causes an earthquake.
What causes tornado damage?
Tornado damaged is caused by a tornado's powerful winds and objects carried y those winds.
What happens at colliding boundaries?
these boundaries are formed when two plates collide. When the two plate bump one plate is absorbed in the mantle of the other. Heat and pressure when these plates collide causes volcanoes and earthquakes.
What type of motion does a tornado causes a tornado?
It's caused by wind going in circular motion.
What causes most deaths during tornado?
Most deaths during a tornado are caused by debris.
What force causes divergent boundaries?
Tension
What does the eye of a tornado look like?
The eye of a tornado is extremely calm and bears no resemblence to all the mayhem that the tornado causes to the outside world.
What problems can boundaries cause amongst people?
When boundaries separate an ethnic group it always causes problems.
