Jeopardy Keeping It All In Balance Resource Management The Way We Move Techies to the Rescue Safe Landing Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Keeping It All In Balance What percentage of mammals are currently in danger of extinction – 10%, 25%, or 35%?

$100 Answer from Keeping It All In Balance 25%

$200 Question from Keeping It All In Balance If everyone on Earth lived like an average American, how many planets would we need to provide an adequate supply of natural resources in order to sustain us – 1, 5 or 10?

$200 Answer from Keeping It All In Balance Five planets

$300 Question from Keeping It All In Balance What does it mean to live in a sustainable world?

$300 Answer from Keeping It All In Balance Natural resources are not used at a faster rate than they can be replenished.

$400 Question from Keeping It All In Balance Where do fossil fuels such as coal and oil come from, and why is it beneficial to leave them undisturbed?

$400 Answer from Keeping It All In Balance Coal and oil are the remnants of plants and animals who died long ago. Burning fossil fuels can release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than the Earth can reabsorb it.

$500 Question from Keeping It All In Balance How does our every breath contribute to a balanced and sustainable ecosystem?

$500 Answer from Keeping It All In Balance The carbon dioxide we exhale is used by plants in photosynthesis to produce food and oxygen.

$100 Question from Resource Management The Earth is 70% water. What percentage of it is suitable for human use – 10%, 5%, 0.5%?

$100 Answer from Resource Management Humans can only use 0.5% of the world’s water.

$200 Question from Resource Management How much does the average American family spend on energy bills each year - $600, $1000, or $1400?

$200 Answer from Resource Management $1400 a year.

$300 Question from Resource Management Where are the world’s greatest oil resources?

$300 Answer from Resource Management The Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia

$400 Question from Resource Management What is global warming and what are two potential consequences?

$400 Answer from Resource Management Burning fossil fuels produces global warming gasses. Consequences include melting polar ice caps, rising sea levels, and changing fertile crop zones to arid deserts.

$500 Question from Resource Management Name three types of renewable energy.

$500 Answer from Resource Management Solar energy, wind power, hydropower, hydrogen, and many other answers.

$100 Question from The Way We Move Name three modes of transportation that are environmentally friendly.

$100 Answer from The Way We Move Biking, walking, running, roller skating, skateboarding, public transportation, and other answers.

$200 Question from The Way We Move What is the most efficient mode of travel possible for people?

$200 Answer from The Way We Move Riding a bicycle.

$300 Question from The Way We Move On average, do cars manufactured today of those manufactured in the 1920s burn more gasoline?

$300 Answer from The Way We Move Today’s cars consume more gas.

$400 Question from The Way We Move The average SUV ownder will spend approximately how much money of gasoline this year - $500, $1000, or $1500?

$400 Answer from The Way We Move $1500.

$500 Question from The Way We Move As gasoline is converted to energy, how much of its potential power is used by our cars – 100%, 70%, 45%, or less than 10%?

$500 Answer from The Way We Move Less than 10%

$100 Question from Techies to the Rescue What source of clean energy is powerful enough to take the place of every fossil fuel?

$100 Answer from The Way We Move The sun.

$200 Question from The Way We Move Each year 3.4 million people die because of contamination of which major resource?

$200 Answer from The Way We Move Water.

$300 Question from The Way We Move State an environmental drawback for each of the following: the industrial revolution, computers, and the windmill.

$300 Answer from The Way We Move Ind. Rev.: pollution Comp.: hazardous materials Windmill: noisy, unsightly, kill birds

$400 Question from The Way We Move Fuel cells use which element – hydrogen, helium, or oxygen?

$400 Answer from The Way We Move Hydrogen.

$500 Question from The Way We Move If we burn hydrogen in a fuel cell, it combines with oxygen to create energy. What is the by product from this chemical reaction?

$500 Answer from The Way We Move Water.

$100 Question from Safe Landing What major ecosystem was reduced in size by 94 million hectares (greater than the size of Venezuela) during the 1990s?

$100 Answer from Safe Landing The Earth’s forests.

$200 Question from Safe Landing What are the three Rs that help guide us in using fewer resources and cutting down the amount of waste we produce?

$200 Answer from Safe Landing Reduce, reuse, recycle.

$300 Question from Safe Landing How many gallons of water are used to produce one pound of beef – 100, 1000, or over 2500?

$300 Answer from Safe Landing Over 2500.

$400 Question from Safe Landing How many pounds of paper does the average American use each year – 220, 440, or 660?

$400 Answer from Safe Landing 660 pounds.

$500 Question from Safe Landing Give three reasons why forests are crucial for maintaining life on Earth.

$500 Answer from Safe Landing Home to many species, roots hold topsoil in place, remove carbon dioxide from air, slow global warming.

Final Jeopardy What type of cars are the most fuel efficient?

Final Jeopardy Answer Hybrid cars.