In-the-know GAME SHOW!

1. In-the-know GAME SHOW! Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin.

2. Choose a dollar amount. Choose a dollar amount. Click here for Bonus Round!

3. Global Issues Weather Trivia Cold Places Climate Climate Change $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $20 $20 $20 $20 $20 $30 $30 $30 $30 $30 $40 $40 $40 $40 $40 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50

4. This phenomenon will affect coastal areas worldwide as glaciers melt.

5. Sea level rise • $10

6. Measurement term used to describe the area of the Earth’s surface needed to support a given lifestyle

7. Ecological Footprint (Country with the largest ecological footprint per person is the United States.) $20

8. Many scientists believe that this element can someday provide an unlimited supply of clean energy.

9. Hydrogen • $30

10. Percent of the Earth’s water available for people to use

11. Less Than 1% • $40

12. City in the world with the largest population

13. Tokyo with 33.2 million $50

14. The Earth’s coldest location

15. Antarctica ( -89C/-129F at Vostok on July 21, 1983) $10

16. The warmest year on record according to NASA

17. 2005 • (followed closely by 1998) • $20

18. The hottest temperature in North America was recorded in this U.S. town.

19. Death Valley, CA (56 degrees C/134 degrees F. on 9/13/1922) $30

20. This tool uses sophisticated software to replicate the atmosphere and its behavior

21. A Mathematical Weather Model $40

22. Names given to tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean in 2005 after the list of specified names had been exhausted.

23. Letters of the Greek alphabet • Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta • $50

24. Presently, 10% of land area is covered with these.

25. Glaciers $10

26. Location of the world’s biggest ice sheet

27. Antarctica $20

28. Percentage of an iceberg above water

29. Approx. 10% $30

30. This collaborative international effort to research the poles runs from March 2007 - March 2009

31. International Polar Year (IPY) $40

32. These 8 countries/territories are part of the arctic circle

33. Canada, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, United States $50

34. The study of Earth’s past climate

35. Paleoclimatology $10

36. The study of tree rings to learn about the past climate of an area

37. Dendrochronology $20

38. A period of long-term downturn in the temperature of Earth's climate, resulting in an expansion of ice sheets and mountain glaciers.

39. Ice age $30

40. A cylinder that holds snow and ice accumulated over many years. Air trapped in the snow and ice gives scientists clues to past climate on Earth.

41. Ice core $40

42. The most prominent known source of inter-annual variability in weather and climate that occurs every 3-8 years and is marked by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the Pacific near Peru.

43. El Nino or ENSO (El Nino Southern Osillation) $50

44. This climate change documentary received an Academy Award nomination in 2007 and is also available in book form.

45. An Inconvenient Truth $10

46. A term used to describe gases in the air that are raising Earth’s average temperature by trapping and absorbing long wave radiation leaving Earth.

47. Greenhouse Effect $20

48. This treaty began in 2005 and was the first international attempt at reducing greenhouse gas emissions but did not include the U.S.

49. Kyoto Protocol $30

50. This United Nations organized international panel of climate experts meets and publishes a report every 5-7 years on the risk of human-induced climate change based on the scientific evidence that exists.