HOW TORNADOES ARE

FORMED

By :
Muhammad Arif Abdurrahman
Suryaning Berliandika
Tika Apriliani

What is explanation
text?

Explanation text is a text genre which tries toexplainhow

a thing happens or why the thing is made. Explanation
textactually is similar to procedure text, however,
explanation text tends toexplain. While theprocedure
textis intended to instruct how to form or make
something.

Purpose of explanation textPurpose An explanation is used to tell how or why

something happens.

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The generic structure of

explanation text

A general statement which describes or identifies the

phenomenon
A series of statements that tell how or why the feature or
process changes. Words should show cause and effect.
A conclusion/application sums up the explanation and talks about
its applications; may also give examples

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How Tornadoes are Formed

A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in
contact with both the surface of the earth and a
cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus
cloud. Tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes, but they
are typically in the form of a visible condensation funnel,
whose narrow end touches the earth and is often encircled
by a cloud of debris and dust. Changes in the air layer is
the trigger of tornadoes. In this case if the cold air layer
is above the layer of hot air, hot air rises with the speed
of 300 km/h, the air that infiltrated from the side which
causes the swirling wind to form a tornado, and when it is
perfect then a tornado could have speeds up to 400 km/h
and the width of the chimney between 15-365 meters.

Hot air which

continuously hits the
earth will cause the
temperature of the
soil increases. How
Tornado Happen?
When the hot
temperatures rise,
the hot air and humid
in the air will begin
to rise.

When the hot air, cold

air and moist air meet
dry air, and lifts up,
and then they will go
to the upper air layers.
In this phase a
thunder cloud began to
be created. And storm
quickly develops.
Upward air movement
occurs very quickly and
the wind from
different directions on
the side causes the
formation to form a
vortex

A cone of
revolution
the spiral air
begins to
form and it
can be seen
from the
cloud to the
ground.
A cone of
revolution the
spiral air
begins to
form and
forms a
tornado.

This is a simple video to help you more

understand how tornadoes are formed.