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Exploring Extreme Environments and Survival Technology

Join Mrs. Davies in a game of Jeopardy as she explores extreme environments, including polar regions, deserts, deep oceans, outer space, and volcanoes. Learn about the challenges of these environments and the technology that helps humans survive. Test your knowledge and discover the reasons behind extreme conditions.

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Exploring Extreme Environments and Survival Technology

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  1. Jeopardy Hosted by Mrs. Davies

  2. Choice1 Choice 2 Choice 3 Choice 4 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500

  3. Row 1, Col 1 What is your Environment. Your surroundings; other living organisms, non-living objects, and weather.

  4. 1,2 What are Extreme Environments. Polar Regions, Volcanoes, Deserts, Oceans and Space.

  5. 1,3 What is Extreme. Harsh; beyond normal limits to the greatest degree.

  6. 1,4 What is Extreme Environments. A place where the conditions are so harsh that human survival is difficult or impossible.

  7. 2,1 What is a Polar Region. Coldest, highest, & windiest place on Earth. Excessive ice, lack of usable water.

  8. 2,2 What is a Desert. Dry area, less than 25 cm of rain, both hot & cold temperatures, & lack of life.

  9. 2,3 What is Deep Ocean. Covers 71% of Earth’s surface, no air to breathe, crushing pressure in the deep, lack of light & no air.

  10. 3,2 What in Outer Space. Beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Extreme temperatures, no air, no life, no gravity.

  11. 2,4 What is Volcanoes. Unpredictable areas of the Earth. Excessive heat, can be active or dormant.

  12. 3,1 Reasons why People Explore Extreme Environments. To find new places to live, To understand our past, To find new plants and animals, To find resources, To understand & protect our world.

  13. 3,3 What is a Hyper-saline Environment. Habitat with high salt concentrations. Eg. The Dead sea.

  14. 3,4 What is an Environment Altered by Humans. Habitats that have been toxically polluted. Eg. Chemical Wastes & oil spills.

  15. 4,1 What is a habitat under pressure. Aquatic habitats. Ocean depths deeper than 2000m.

  16. 4,2 What are the 5 Basic survival Needs of Humans. Water, Oxygen, Temperature, Shelter & Food.

  17. 4,3 Who are the 1st 2 men to climb Mount Everest. Sir Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay.

  18. 4,4 What is technology. Tools that make it possible to survive in challenging environments.

  19. 5,1 Technology to Survive Extreme Environments. Snow houses, snow sleds, snowshoes, parkas, sunglasses, oil lamps.

  20. 5,2 What are 2 forms of Aboriginal Technology. Snow houses & komatiks.

  21. 5,3 How people adapt to Extreme Environments. Food supply, insulated buildings, propane heaters, warm clothing, constant water supply, air conditioned buildings, breathing apparatus, fresh water, pressurized habitat.

  22. 5,4 What are reasons that Environments are Extreme. Harsh conditions. Extremely hot, extremely cold, no water, no air to breathe.

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