Suppose you are a teacher and, to your excitement, the local weather person comes for a classroom visit! She is talking about tornadoes and says that there is air moving very rapidly upwards through the funnel but air standing basically still outside the funnel. Such motion would cause
A) high pressure inside the funnel.
B) low pressure inside the funnel.
C) the funnel pressure to be equal to the pressure outside.
D) houses on the ground to implode.

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Rapid upward movement of air within the tornado funnel leads to lower pressure inside the funnel compared to the surrounding air. This pressure difference is a key factor in the formation and maintenance of the tornado.

Suppose You Are a Teacher And, to Your Excitement, the Local