1. Humans in the Biosphere
JEOPARDY #2
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2. Resources
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3. Resources 100 A: What is corn?
Which of the following is an example of a renewable resource?
Corn Natural Gas
Copper Coal
A: What is corn?
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4. Resources 200
Renewable resource________.
can be replenished over months, years, or decades
B. are all living resources
C. have finite supplies that will one day be used up
D. include iron, natural gas, and copper
A: What is A can be replenished over months, years, or decades?
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5. Resources 300
Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable resource?
Cotton Cattle
Trees Uranium
A: What is uranium ?
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6. Resources 400 A: What is B. plastic?
Which of the following products do petroleum resources provide in addition to energy?
aggregate C. nickel
plastic D. cardboard
A: What is B. plastic?
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7. Resources 500 A: What is D. increasing soil erosion?
One way that mining for mineral resources damages the land is by ________.
adding greenhouse gases to the environment
depleting the world’s ozone
causing salinization
increasing soil erosion
A: What is D. increasing soil erosion?
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8. It’s a Sunny Day 100 A: What is non-polluting?
The advantage of solar energy includes the fact that it is ________.
nonrenewable C. expensive
B. non-polluting D. absent at night
A: What is non-polluting?
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9. It’s a Sunny Day 200 A: What is A non-polluting?
Harnessing the sun’s energy to produce heat or electricity is ____.
non-polluting C. possible only in coastal areas
inexpensive D. a major source of air pollution
A: What is A non-polluting?
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10. It’s a Sunny Day 300
What is one of the drawbacks to the extensive use of solar energy?
It is nonrenewable.
Necessary equipment and installation are expensive.
It is available only at night.
It produces toxic pollution.
A: What is B necessary equipment and installation are expensive ?
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11. It’s a Sunny Day 400
The greenhouse gas carbon dioxide helps to ________.
deflect harmful radiation from space
increase precipitation in arid areas
form clouds in the atmosphere
maintain warmth near Earth’s surface
A: What is D. maintain warmth near Earth’s surface?
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12. It’s a Sunny Day 500 A: What is passive ?
A simple ________ solar system can be a south-facing window that allows sunlight into a room.
A: What is passive ?
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13. Radioactive 100 A: What is D. uranium?
The fuel for nuclear fission in nuclear reactors is _______.
A. petroleum C. hydrogen
B. carbon D. uranium
A: What is D. uranium?
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14. A: What is D. all of the above?
Radioactive 200
Which of the following is a problem associated with the increased use of nuclear
cost of building safe nuclear facilities
major hazards involved in nuclear waste disposal
concern over the possibility of a serious nuclear accident
all of the above
A: What is D. all of the above?
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15. Radioactive 300 How does nuclear fission produce energy?
moving water turns turbines to produce electricity
controlled nuclear chain reaction produces heat, driving steam turbines and producing energy
uncontrolled nuclear reaction produces heat, driving steam turbines to produce energy
carbon atoms are bombarded by neutrons
A: What is B. controlled nuclear chain reactions produces heat, driving steam turbines and producing energy?.
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16. Radioactive 400 Is nuclear power plants safer than they used to be?
A: What is YES, they are safer than they used to be?
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17. A: What is navy vessels and submarines?
Radioactive 500
This energy is important for powering ____________.
A: What is navy vessels and submarines?
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18. Windy Weather 100
It is estimated that, in the future, wind energy could produce what percent of the nation’s electricity?
80-85% C %
B % D %
A: What is B. 5-10%?
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19. Windy Weather 200
Wind power generates ____________.
noise pollution C. water pollution
air pollution d. soil pollution
A: What is A. noise pollution (from the blades to some people) ?
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20. Windy Weather 300
One problem with wind energy as a major source of electricity is _________.
it is nonrenewable
it causes major air pollution
it does not work during the night
the expense of large tracts of land in populated areas
A: What is the D. the expense of large tracts of land in populated areas?
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21. Windy Weather 400 Which of the following is NOT a land resource?
soil C. iron
forests D. wind
A: What is the D. wind?
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22. Windy Weather 500 Wind farms are used to produce _____________.
A: What is electricity ?
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23. Water 100 Hydroelectric power is produced by ___________.
falling water that turns a turbine
tides that pour through a dam barrier
hot water that comes from deep underground
electric current that flows across a dam
A: What is A. falling water that turns a turbine?
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24. A: What is C. nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides?
Water 200
Which of the pollutants are considered to contribute to acid rain?
carbon monoxide and dust
carbon monoxide and sulfur oxides
nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides
nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide
A: What is C. nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides?
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25. A: What is the Clean Water Act ?
The ____________ Act led to an increase in
sewage treatment plants; it requires industries
to reduce or eliminate point source pollution
into surface waters.
A: What is the Clean Water Act ?
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26. Water 400
Point source pollution is pollution that comes from a ______ and specific location.
A: What is known?
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27. Water 500
Which of the following is a nonpoint source pollution of water?
A. rainwater pouring from an eroded bank into a river
B. a boat emptying a waste tank into a lake
C. a sewage plant sending sewage into a river
A: What is A the rainwater pouring from an eroded bank into a river?
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