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Journey to the Center of the Earth Movie Questions

1. What fossil is in the opening scene? (Latin please)

2. Why is Trevor’s lab getting closed?

3. Why does Trevor want to keep it open?

4. What is the name of Trevor’s nephew?

5. Who wrote the novel, Journey to the Center of the Earth?

6. What island to Trevor and Sean go to investigate?

7. Where do they get the money to fund the trip?

8. Who are they looking for on the island?

9. What type of person was Trevor’s brother and how is that proven? What do those people believe?

10. What woman offers to help Trevor and Sean climb up to the radar device?

11. What kind of storm forces the three into a cave?

12. Why is lighting attracted to the seismic sensor that Trevor is holding?

13. Why does Trevor tell Sean not to panic when they get trapped in the cave?

14. How does Sean figure out how deep the hole is? Why does this work? Show the math that would

be used.

15. The generator in the mine turns _____________ energy into _________________ energy.

16. Is it realistic that the mine carts could jump over the hole in the track?

17. Explain why or why not?

18. Which of Newton’s Laws does the cart crashing into the wall represent? Explain.

19. Why do diamonds form in lava tubes?

20. What physical property of muscovite worries Hannah and Trevor?

21. What distinguishing characteristic of muscovite worries Hannah and Trevor?

22. What property of the inner core of the Earth would make it impossible for living things to exist
there?

23. If there was a world at the center of the Earth, would a compass work? Why or why not?

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 24. What do they find at the bottom of the volcanic tube?

25. Why would the “water slide” be an option for the ending of the tube?

26. Whose body does Hannah discover when she wanders off?

27. What did Trevor find was the reason for this person’s death?

28. What must they find to send them back to Earth’s surface?

29. How is the raft “powered”?

30. Why is it critical that they get out of the center of the Earth?

31. What type of prehistoric fish do they encounter on their raft?

32. Who becomes separated from the group after the fish encounter?

33.. Who or what acts as this person’s guide?

34.. What type of “monster” do they encounter when the group reunites?

35. How does muscovite eventually help the group?

36. Trevor uses a flare to ignite the magnesium and cause a geyser. In what country are they?

37. When Trevor, Hannah, and Sean are sliding in the dinosaur skull down through the grapes vines

would they have gone far, fast and come to an abrupt stop as shown in the movie? Why or why

not?

38. What does Sean give the man whose vineyard they destroy?

39. What “pet” does Sean return with?

40. Is it wise for him to have taken that pet from where it was? Why or why not? Explain.

What are three other questions (and their answers) that could be added to this list in the future?

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