WorksheetsThe Day After Tomorrow movie Quizz
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 28mins
What continent were the main characters taking ice samples from in the beginning of the movie?
America
Antartica
Russia
Asia
What type of work are the scientists doing in Antartica?
Camping
Looking for treasure.
Mapping trails for polar bears
Drilling ice cores
Antartica is found at the ________ Pole.
North
South
What happened to the ice shelf?
broke off
melted
froze
hit a ship
What is global warming?
Every place in the world getting hotter
The average temperature of all places on Earth rising
Nothing, it's fake
The world getting colder
What or who is the leading cause of global warming?
Animals
Trees
Humans
Donald Trump
How are humans contributing to global warming?
Using too much fossil fuels, releasing carbon dioxide into atmosphere
Overpopulation, too much body heat from humans
Breathing, because we breathe out carbon dioxide
Too much clothing being made
What will begin happening with the weather throughout the world as global warming continues?
Weather can't change
It will become opposite
It will turn night to day and winter to summer
It will slowly start shifting to (get cooler/hotter, rainier/drier, etc.)
What type of precipitation fell in Tokyo?
rain
sleet
hail
snow
Can hurricanes form over cold areas?
Yes
No
Maybe, it was in the movie
Hurricanes don't exist
What type of weather hit Los Angeles?
hurricane
tornado
tsunami
blizzard
What ocean current was responsible for the weather change in the movie
Pacific Current
Atlantic Current
Indian Current
Himalayan Current
What city was Sam stranded in?
Memphis
Los Angeles
Washington DC
New York
What do rising sea levels do?
Destroy houses and other properties
Damage crops
Causes floods
All of the above
What can governments do to reduce carbon emissions?
offering financial incentives to businesses and households
introduce new laws
offering more recycling facilities
all of the above
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
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?
0ºC
110ºC
-110ºC
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.
Why are they NOT evacuating people in the Northern states?
There is not enough room in the southern states.
People who live in the North are used to the cold.
There is not enough military to evacuate the whole country.
They will not be able to get far enough south in time.
What first indicated that they were in the eye (center) of the storm?
The weather cecame worse and more snow fell.
The sky became clear and the wind stopped blowing.
They were warned by meteorologists on TV.
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
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
When Jack Hall was talking on the phone to Terry Rapson he said "This one storm is going to change the face of our planet." What was his response?
"I don't know what to do"
"Try and save everyone"
"Save as many as you can"
Why are they NOT evacuating people in the Northern states?
There is not enough room in the southern states.
People who live in the North are used to the cold.
There is not enough military to evacuate the whole country.
They will not be able to get far enough south in time.
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.
Where did the survivors stay while the changes were happening?
museum
store
library
What was Jack's main method of transportation when going to New York to rescue Sam?
driving
walking
flying
What did Sam and the rest of the people in the library throw into the fireplace to keep warm?
books
clothing
wood
Also at the end of the film, a person from the government came into a room and was talking to the Vice President, what were his first words?
"Hello, Mr. President"
"There are survivors"
"Mr. Vice President?"
In the President's speech on TV, he says that we were wrong to operate under the belief that we could continue consuming our planet's ___________ without consequence.
economic resources
political resources
natural resources
solar resources
