Twister Movie Trivia Quiz

TWISTER Environmental Science Name:________________________________________________ Period: _______ Date: _________ Essential Question: How do I use weather forecast to develop and execute safety plans? Questions to be answered during the video: 1. In 1969, where did the family receive a tornado warning? ________________________________________________________________ 2. Where did the family go for safety during the storm? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 3. What is the name of a satellite used for present day weather observations? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 4. The NSSL is the National _______________ Storm Laboratory. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 5. What is Dorothy? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 6. How many minutes is the current advance warning for a tornado? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 7. DOT 3 has hundreds of sensors to transmit wind _________________, ______________, and dew point temperature. 8. Outside the coffee shop, what color is the sky turning? ________________________________________________________________ 9. Where do Jo and Bill hide to avoid the tornado? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 10. Near the next tornado, what is moving horizontally? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 11. What is the color difference of the tornado over the water compared to the tornadoes over the land? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 12. What property of a tornado is measured by the Fujita scale? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 13. What is the ground speed of the tornado being chased? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 14. How wide is the tornado? ________________________________________________________________ 15. What form of precipitation do Jo and Bill encounter as they approach the tornado hidden behind the hill? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 16. What is happens to the television reception of the TVs near the drive-in? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 17. What are the storm chasers trying to do as they hide in the garage from the tornado? (where are they trying to be?) ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 18. After Aunt Meg is rescued, what is the Fujita intensity of the tornado identified by the NSSL? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 19. What is added to Dorothy's sensors to make them fly better? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 20. What do you think caused the numerous small dents in the pickup truck? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 21. What do Jo and Bill use to weigh down the sensor pack so it can enter the tornado? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 22. When Jo and Bill are inside the tornado, what do they see above the tornado? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 23. What must be done to the data collected from the tornado? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 24. Looking carefully at the end of the film, how can you tell where a tornado has been? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 25. List 3 safety precautions for thunderstorm and lightning. p. 336 (10 pts.) 1. _____________________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________________ 26. List 3 safety precautions for tornado. P.340 (10 pts.) 1. _____________________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________________ 27. What is the difference between a tornado watch and tornado warning? (10 pts.) ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________