Sharknado Natural Science

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Although scientific fiction movies are heavily criticized for being extremely exaggerated and containing little scientific value, sci-fi movies can be used as decent educational tools because they enabling viewers to discern fact from fiction within the film. This can especially be seen in the film Sharknado, which is based on dramatic and over-exaggerated scientific principles. Although the film consists of numerous occasions that are based on poor science, the lack of credibility within the film is especially seen in the concept and presence of a “sharknado,” the anatomy and behavior of the sharks, and the characters’ triumphant defeat of the “sharknado” at the finale of the film. The first example of poor science within the film can be found in the concept of the “sharknado.” This concept is initially …show more content…

This negotiation quickly goes haywire when an immense storm approaches the ship, resultantly abducting the thousands of sharks out of the ocean and into the sky, later transporting them to southern California. Firstly, the sudden presence of the storm in which the ship crew asked to simply “go around” is scientifically inaccurate because weather does not change so drastically in such a short period of time. Rather, large storms such as the “sharknado” need to build over time. Also, the realistic threshold for a waterspout is much smaller than is portrayed in the film. There have been several meteorological reports that have indicated fish “raining from the sky” in both coastal and inland

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