A student is creating an information packet for a science project about preparing for a tornado emergency. The student wants to revise the introductory paragraph to improve
the introduction of a tornado as a natural disaster. Read the following excerpt from the
student's draft and complete the task that follows it.
Each year, the occurrence of natural disasters can have serious effects on
communities in the United States. Tornadoes are natural disasters. Because of their
quick and powerful appearance, many people feel they cannot be adequately prepared
for a tornado. Tornadoes do have the potential to destroy a community's structures and
property, disrupt agriculture production, contaminate water supplies, halt energy
production, and incur many other damages, including psychological. However, there are
many strategies that a community can adopt that will significantly reduce these effects
and enable a community to survive a tornado.
Revise the underlined sentence to improve the introduction of a tornado as a natural
disaster. Choose two sentences that would improve the introduction of this subtopic.
One particularly destructive form of natural disaster is a tornado.
Many people overlook tornadoes as a serious form of natural disaster.
The definition of a tornado as a natural disaster can be misleading.
Natural disasters are natural events that cause great damage to the surrounding
community and environment.
Most people believe that preparation for a tornado disaster is insufficient due to the
potentially devastating effects of the tornado.
Tornadoes are natural disasters that can appear without warning as a column of
violently rotating winds that extends to the ground.