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. Warren Faidley Meet the Photographer 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. But you do not need to document in your Vocabulary Book
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

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