Mr and Mrs Smiths Life Science: GroundHogChartQuestions

Phil's Past Predictions Worksheet Name _________________ Period _____

1. Did Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow in 1997? ________

2. At what time did Phil see his shadow in 1996? ___________

3. Look at the results of Punxsutawney Phil's predictions for the last ten years. How many times in the last ten years did Phil see his shadow? ________

4. Find 1951 on the chart. Starting in 1951, how many years in a row did Phil see his shadow? __________

5. What was the temperature on Groundhog Day 1971? _____________

6. How many times in the 1980s did Phil see no shadow? ___

7. In which year -- 1948, 1949, or 1950 -- did Phil see no shadow? ____________

8. Did Phil see his shadow at 7:29 a.m. in 1980 or 1981? ____________

9. In which years in the 1970s did Phil see no shadow? ______ _______

10. How many times in the 1960s did Phil see no shadow? ____________

The word "woodchuck" comes from the Indian word Oijik (wejak), or Wojak. Indian lore has it that their forbears began life as animals; the woodchuck was recognized as the "grandfather" of the earliest inhabitants of the area.
Early settlers ate woodchuck.
Punxsutawney Phil's complete nickname is "The Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages, Prognosticator of Prognosticators and Weather Prophet Extraordinary."
Promoting Punxsutawney Phil was the idea of the owner of the Punxsutawney Spirit newspaper. He thought promoting the area would bring more business to develop in the town.
Punxsutawney is sometimes called "The Weather Capitol of the World."
Punxsutawney Phil has visited the White House and been on Oprah's TV show.
The town in which the movie Groundhog Day was filmed isn't really Punxsutawney at all. The movie was filmed in Woodstock, Illinois!