Multiple choice

Which of these is a violently rotating column of air?

  1. Hail

  2. Firestorm

  3. Tornado

  4. Heat wave

  5. Solar flare

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C Correct answer
Explanation

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.