If the air is so dry that the swirling, rotating wind remains invisible until it reaches the ground and picks up dust, it is referred to as a(n)____
a. invisible tornado
b. dust devil
c. cyclone
d. fair-weather tornado
e. nonsupercell tornado
ANSWER: a
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