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Carbon Cycle Jeopardy Water Rocks!
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Carbon Sources Effects of Climate Change Greenhouse Gases $100 $500 $400 $500 $400 $300 $200 $100 $500 $300 $200 $100 The Carbon Cycle Carbon Sinks $300 $200 $100 $200 $300 $400 $300 $200 $400 $500 $400 FINAL JEOPARDY $1000!
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What is… The gas formed by 1 carbon atom and 2 oxygen atoms The Carbon Cycle: $100
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What is carbon dioxide (CO 2 )?
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The Carbon Cycle: $200 The process of taking in oxygen and releasing CO 2 What is…
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What is respiration?
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The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from CO 2 and water What is… The Carbon Cycle: $300
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What is photosynthesis?
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The element contained in all organic matter What is… The Carbon Cycle: $400
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What is carbon?
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3 places where carbon is cycled What are… The Carbon Cycle: $500
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What are land, ocean, and atmosphere?
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What is… Carbon Sources: $100 The process of burning something
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What is combustion?
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What is… Carbon Sources: $200 The breakdown of organic matter
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What is decomposition?
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What are… Carbon Sources: $300 2 natural sources of carbon in the atmosphere
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What are volcanoes, wildfires, respiration, decomposition, ocean release? (Any 2)
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What are… Carbon Sources: $400 Coal, oil, and natural gas
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What are the three most common types of fossil fuels?
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What are… Carbon Sources: $500 The largest contributor of CO 2 emissions in the United States
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What are coal-burning power plants?
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Carbon Sinks: $100 What is… Anything thing that absorbs more carbon than it releases
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What is a carbon sink?
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The largest carbon sink on Earth Carbon Sinks: $200 What is…
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What is the ocean?
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The medium in which plants grow, in which carbon from decomposed organic matter is stored Carbon Sinks: $300 What is…
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What is soil?
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The largest carbon sink in the USA Carbon Sinks: $400 What is…
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What is the forest?
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The process by which CO 2 is taken from the atmosphere and converted into carbon which is more easily stored Carbon Sinks: $500 What is…
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What is carbon sequestration?
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Two effects of climate change on the weather Effects of Climate Change: $100 What are…
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What are extreme heat, more frequent drought, flooding, and blizzards? (List any 2)
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The energy Earth receives from the sun is primarily in this form Effects of Climate Change: $200 What is…
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What is light?
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When there are no more surviving members of a certain species Effects of Climate Change: $300 What is…
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What is extinction?
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This causes sea levels to rise Effects of Climate Change: $400 What is…
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What is glacier melt?
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Increasing acidity levels in the ocean due to rising CO 2 levels Effects of Climate Change: $500 What is…
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What is ocean acidification?
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They trap heat in the atmosphere, warming the Earth Greenhouse Gases: $100 What are…
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What are greenhouse gases?
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The most common greenhouse gas Greenhouse Gases: $200 What is…
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What is carbon dioxide (CO 2 )?
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The by-product of domestic animals’ digestion and the 2 nd most prevalent greenhouse gas Greenhouse Gases: $300 What is…
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What is methane (CH 4 )?
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Two additional greenhouse gases beyond carbon dioxide and methane Greenhouse Gases: $400 What are…
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What are water vapor, nitrous oxide, ozone, and fluorinated gases? (List any 2)
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The largest source of greenhouse gas emissions Greenhouse Gas: $500 What is…
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What is burning fossil fuels to produce electricity?
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The concentration of CO 2 in the atmosphere (the closest guess wins the money) Final Jeopardy: $1000 What is…
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What is 401.30 ppm? (As of July 15, 2014) http://co2now.org/http://co2now.org/ This site will tell you if this number has changed much
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