1. Jeopardy APES Review

2. Earth Systems Living World PopulationLand and Water EnergyPollutionGlobal Change 10 20 30 40 50

3. What is the difference between weather and climate? Answer

4. Weather is short term and climate is long term

5. Name the first three layers of the atmosphere from lowest elevation to highest. Answer

6. Troposphere → Stratosphere → Mesosphere

7. What does ENSO stand for? Answer

8. El Nino Southern Osscilation

9. What happens to the water temperature off the coast of Chili during an El Nino event? Answer

10. It gets warmer

11. What is the phrase that refers to the movement of soil components to a lower elevation? Answer

12. Soil erosion

13. What type of organism is responsible for primary productivity? Answer

14. Producers

15. What are the three kinds of biodiversity? Answer

16. Genetic, Species, Ecosystem

17. What is the difference between a population and a community? Answer

18. Communities consist of all the populations in an area.

19. What is the process where some individuals of a specific population have genetically based traits that increase their chances of survival and their ability to produce offspring Answer

20. Natural selection

21. The concept that describes the fact that members of a population can be found in diverse conditions. Answer

22. Range of Tolerances

23. This country uses economic rewards and penalties to try to reduce their population growth. Answer

24. China

25. The rate of the world's population is affected by what two things? Answer

26. Crude birth rate, death rate

27. What is the name of the stage during the demographic transition, that exhibits the highest population growth rate? Answer

28. The Transitional Stage

29. This practice provides educational and clinical services that help couples choose how many children to have and when to have them. Answer

30. Family planning

31. What is the equation that calculates population change? Answer

32. (births+immigrants) - (deaths+emigrants)

33. What type of agriculture uses mostly human and animal labor to make only enough crops to survive? Answer

34. Traditional Agriculture

35. What is the main reason for urban population growth in the U.S.? Answer

36. Immigration

37. What requirements does rangeland provide for grazing animals? Answer

38. Food, water, shelter, space

39. Name three practices that can prevent or reduce soil erosion. Answer

40. Conservation-tillage, terracing, contour farming, shelterbelts, gully reclamation

41. What is a consequence of overgrazing? Answer

42. Soil Erosion, desertification, change in plant community

43. Which process in the carbon cycle has the biggest impact on global climate change? Answer

44. Combustion

45. Which fossil fuel has the biggest impact on the sulfur cycle? Answer

46. Coal

47. Name four sustainable energy sources. Answer

48. Wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal, biomass, hydrogen

49. Which country in the world produces 100% of its electricity using renewable sources, and how do they do it? Answer

50. Iceland. Using geothermal and hydropower.

51. Explain how fossil fuels are used to produce electricity. Answer

52. The fuel is burned to boil water and produce steam, which is forced through a turbine which turns a generator, which produces electricity.

53. What is water pollution? Answer

54. Presence of materials in the water which are harmful to the living things.

55. What are two things that can contribute to land degradation? Answer

56. Deforestation, erosion, flooding, water logging, urbanization and salination

57. What are primary air pollutants? Give two examples. Answer

58. Pollutant that is emitted directly into the air by natural or human activity. Particulates, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, lead, mercury

59. Give two examples of nonpoint water pollution sources. Answer

60. Farm fields, feedlots, pastures, urban runoff, rural homes

61. Describe the series of events that result in stratospheric ozone destruction. Answer

62. UV light separates a chlorine atom from a chloroflorocarbon molecule. This Chlorine breaks an ozone molecule apart, bonding with one of the oxygen atoms. This ClO molecule then reacts with a free oxygen atom. The result is a oxygen molecule and the single Cl atom which will start the sequence all over.

63. Why is there still a debate about climate change? Answer

64. Because individuals and corporations stand to loose profits.

65. What are 3 possible environmental consequences of global warming? Answer

66. Changes in climate, agricultural productivity, water supplies, sea level rise, extinctions, shifting biomes

67. What are two harmful effects of stratospheric ozone depletion to human health? Answer

68. skin cancer, cataracts, sunburn, immune system suppression.

69. Which legislation act restricts trade of wildlife that have been illegally taken? Answer

70. Lacey Act

71. What does the Clean Air Act limit? Answer

72. Sets emission standards for cars, and limits for release of air pollutants