Check Your Understanding (CYU)


Storms Day 3 - CYU_1

Caution: For some CYU questions, more than one of the listed answer options might be correct. For other CYU questions, none of the listed answer options might be correct.  We do this to encourage you to think about the topic. 
Feel free to debate the answers with your peers (i.e., classmates) on the Canvas Discussion board, which is monitored by the TAs.

Question:

Strong tornadoes are


Answer Options:

    (A)   not always visible

    (B)   within the strongest downdraft region of the thunderstorm

    (C)   usually connected to supercell thunderstorms

    (D)   often under the updraft region of thunderstorms

    (E)   often associated with mesocyclones



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Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences Dept.
Univ. of British Columbia