ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Linda Cernak has been a writer and editor of children’s classroom readers and student textbooks for
more than 35 years. She has published numerous children’s books about social studies, science, and
the arts. Cernak lives in Chestnut Ridge, New York, with her husband and two cats.
Published in the United States of America
by Cherry Lake Publishing
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Consultants: Jennifer Cole, Ph.D., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University;
Marla Conn, ReadAbility, Inc.
Editorial direction: Red Line Editorial
Book production: Design Lab
Book design: Sleeping Bear Press
Photo Credits: Shutterstock Images, cover, 1, 7, 15, 21, 25; tornadovideo.net/AP Images, 5; Roger Nomer/The Joplin
Globe/AP Images, 8; Joe Raedle/Pool/Corbis, 9; Stefano Garau/Shutterstock Images, 11; Jim Reed/Corbis, 13; Tony
Gutierrez/AP Images, 17; NASA/NOAA GOES Project, 22; Cliff Schiappa/AP Images, 27
Copyright ©2016 by Cherry Lake Publishing
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in
any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cernak, Linda, 1953– author.
The science of a tornado / by Linda Cernak.
pages cm — (Disaster science set 2)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience: Grade 4 to 6.
ISBN 978-1-63362-482-5 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-63362-498-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) —
ISBN 978-1-63362-530-3 (hosted ebook) — ISBN 978-1-63362-514-3 (pdf ebook)
1. Tornadoes—Juvenile literature. 2. Severe storms—Juvenile literature. I. Title.
QC955.2.C45 2016
551.55'3—dc23 2015005519
Cherry Lake Publishing would like to acknowledge the work of
the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. Please visit
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Printed in the United States of America
Corporate Graphics
June 2015
