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HUMAN IMPACT

Explore causes, vocabulary, and solutions related to environmental issues like ozone depletion, biodiversity, and global warming. Discover ways to mitigate human impact on the planet.

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HUMAN IMPACT

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  1. HUMAN IMPACT JEOPARDY #1 Image from: http://www.verslo.is/HOME/Raungreinar/lif/Itarefni/Umhverfisfr/GLOBAL-WARMING.GIF

  2. What’s the Cause? Vocab How do we help? What is it? Miscellaneous 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

  3. What’s the Cause?100 Depletion of Ozone layer A: What is release of CFC’s that destroy ozone ? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  4. What’s the Cause?200 Dead zones A: What is runoff of fertilizers and animal waste? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  5. What’s the Cause?300 Eagles laying eggs with fragile shells A: What is DDT in food chain ? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  6. What’s the Cause?400 Acid rain A: What is burning fossil fuels puts nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides in atmosphere ? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  7. What’s the Cause?500 Global warming A: What is increase in greenhouse gases caused by burning fossil fuels; methane from decomposition and animals; CFC’s? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  8. Vocabulary100 Destruction of forests A: What is deforestation? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  9. Vocabulary200 Farming strategy in which large fields are planted with a single crop variety year after year A: What is MONOCULTURE? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  10. Vocabulary300 The sum total of the variety of organisms in the biosphere; It is a measure of the health of an ecosystem A: What is BIODIVERSITY ? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  11. Vocabulary400 Plants or animals that have migrated or been introduced into places where they are not native and for which there are no natural predators or parasites to control their population A: What is an INVASIVE SPECIES? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  12. Vocabulary500 Increasing concentration a harmful substance in organisms at higher trophic levels in a food chain or web A: What is BIOLOGICAL MAGNIFICATION ? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  13. How do we help?100 Ozone depletion A: What is Montreal Protocol reduced the production and use of CFC’s ? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  14. How do we help?200 Soil erosion A: What is “No-till” & contour farming; stop deforestation? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  15. How do we help?300 Dead zones A: What is reduce runoff from fertilizers and animal waste? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  16. How do we help?400 Name an organization that helps the environment A: What is EPA, Greenpeace, National Wildlife Federation; Audubon Society;World Wildlife fund; Sierra Club . . . there are many more.

  17. How do we help?500 GLOBAL WARMING A: What is Anything that reduces the use of fossil fuels (conserves water or conserves electricity)? There are millions of things we can do! S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  18. What is it?100 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) A: What is a law that bans trade in products that come from endangered species S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  19. What is it?200 EPA A: What is ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY the governmental body whose job it is to monitor and enforce environmental regulations, provide education on environmental issues, conduct environmental research, and provide funding for environmental programs? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  20. What is it?300 DDT A: What is a pesticide used to kill mosquitos which was banned after it was discovered that it concentrated in birds of prey and caused them to lay eggs with fragile shells? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  21. What is it?400 OZONE A: What is an atmospheric gas (O3) that protects us from the sun’s ultraviolet rays? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  22. What is it?500 A process caused by a combination of poor farming practices, overgrazing, and drought that turns productive land in areas with dry climates into deserts A: What is desertification ? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  23. Image from: http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~simmons/16cm05/1116/16anim3.htm Miscellaneous100 A necessity of life which can NOT be replenished by natural means; Ex: fossil fuels A: What is a NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  24. Miscellaneous200 Environmental problem theKyoto Accord is aimed at helping A: What is GLOBAL WARMING? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  25. Miscellaneous300 Unique ecosystems that are most threatened and where the concentration of money and efforts could produce the most results for our $ A: What are biodiversity HOT SPOTS? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  26. Miscellaneous400 Give an example of an invasive species A: What are rabbits in Australia,Leafy spurge and zebra mussels in South Dakota? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  27. Miscellaneous500 Woman scientist who wrote “Silent Spring” which led to the ban of DDT and the start of the environmental movement in the 1970’s A: Who is Rachel Carson? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

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