Can anyone tell me the difference between a tornado, hurricane and a cyclone?

Question

Can anyone tell me the difference between a tornado, hurricane and a cyclone?

Answer 1

Look here...

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

Answer 2

google them

Answer 3

Where it originated.

Dependant where in the world, they are all the same thing, but called different things.

Answer 4

A cyclone is a hurricane and is a large-scale phenomenon. Cyclones are usually started as a low-pressure area over relatively warm waters.

A tornado is a small-scale phenomenon. Tornadoes are usually started by updrafts of the kind usually associated with thunderhead clouds. A smaller cousin of the tornado is the dust devil that is usually started by the updrafts of thermals. A thermal is warm air rising, usually from the ground.

Answer 5

Tornado: http://library.thinkquest.org/16132/html...

Hurricane: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/sevweath...

Cyclone: http://www.kjc.gov.my/english/education/...

Answer 6

http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_print.asp?...

Answer 7

Tornadoes are land-based (at sea they're called waterspouts) short-lived and localised phenomena.

Answer 8

A cyclone in the northern hemisphere is associated with atmospheric low

pressure region or air mass. The cyclone winds spin around a common center

in the counter-clockwise direction. Tornadoes and hurricanes in the northern

hemisphere are severe examples of cyclones.

Answer 9

You can read few words about the difference between cyclone and tornado at http://fewwords.info/2008/05/05/what-is-... .