The Day After Tomorrow

What type of work are the scientists doing in Antartica?

• Camping

• Looking for treasure.

• Mapping trails for polar bears

• Drilling ice cores

What type of gases did they find in the ice cores?

• Hydrogen

• Water

• Greenhouse Gases such as CO₂ and Methane

• Hydrogen

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Antartica is found at the ________ Pole.

• North

• South

What data does the buoy record and send back to the lab that they found so significant?

• Water depth

• ship traffic

• wave height

• water temperature

In what hemisphere are the buoys that are recording data from the ocean? (Hint: It is the hemisphere we are living in.)

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

• Eastern Hemisphere

Name two types of weather phenomena were occurring in the Los Angeles area that would not be normal for that area?

• hurricanes and hail

• tornadoes and typhoons

• typhoons and hurricanes

• hail and tornadoes

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In the meeting at NOAA Jack suggests the salinity of the North Atlantic current may be causing the severe weather events. What is causing the increase of fresh water in the ocean?

• large amounts of precipitation

• runoff from rivers and streams

• melting polar ice caps

• flooding of low level areas

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The body of the mammoth was preserved with food still in its mouth. What does this indicate?

• It froze instantly while grazing.

• It takes a long time for mammoths to eat.

• Food was placed there after death.

• The mammoth died slowly while eating.

How cold does it have to be for the fuel in the helicopters to freeze?

• 150 degrees Fahrenheit

• Zero degrees Fahrenheit

• Negative 150 degrees Fahrenheit

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On the radar the storm system looks like a hurricane. What is the difference between a hurricane and the "super cell" system over Scotland?

• Hurricanes don't occur in Europe.

• Hurricanes don't form over land.

• Hurricanes don't form over water.

• Hurricanes don't occur over warm water.