This Science project is by Greg
Tornadoes
I have spent many months exploring and reaching all the many wonders of tornadoes. I finally came up with the question of "how does temperature effect the size and speed of tornadoes." I predicted that the more hot masses there are the larger the vortex and the faster the vortex will spin. With this thought of actually constructing a tornado to prove my hypothesis. So I researched through books and the Internet until I found a perfect tornado simulator that is actually a model of a tornadoes vortex. The tornado appears in a Plexiglas glass box sixteen by twelve inches wide. The tornado is powered by a ceramic heater, smoke from string, and water. From there I tested which made a larger vortex with the heater on or the heater on low. I found out that with the heater on half way (300°) and six miller liters of cold water that tornado was six and a half inches in diameter and it took the tornado 2.58 seconds for the tornado to spin once. Then I put the ceramic heater on 600° and the tornado was eight and a half inches in diameter and it took the tornado 1.57 seconds to spin one rotation. I did this procedure 2 more times. With a lot of careful analysis of my data I found out the temperature does effect the size and speed of a tornado. Therefore my hypothesis is correct.
This project was awarded a Meritorious