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1 Carbon Cycle Jeopardy Water Rocks!

2 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!

3 What is… The gas formed by 1 carbon atom and 2 oxygen atoms The Carbon Cycle: $100

4 What is carbon dioxide (CO 2 )?

5 The Carbon Cycle: $200 The process of taking in oxygen and releasing CO 2 What is…

6 What is respiration?

7 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

8 What is photosynthesis?

9 The element contained in all organic matter What is… The Carbon Cycle: $400

10 What is carbon?

11 3 places where carbon is cycled What are… The Carbon Cycle: $500

12 What are land, ocean, and atmosphere?

13 What is… Carbon Sources: $100 The process of burning something

14 What is combustion?

15 What is… Carbon Sources: $200 The breakdown of organic matter

16 What is decomposition?

17 What are… Carbon Sources: $300 2 natural sources of carbon in the atmosphere

18 What are volcanoes, wildfires, respiration, decomposition, ocean release? (Any 2)

19 What are… Carbon Sources: $400 Coal, oil, and natural gas

20 What are the three most common types of fossil fuels?

21 What are… Carbon Sources: $500 The largest contributor of CO 2 emissions in the United States

22 What are coal-burning power plants?

23 Carbon Sinks: $100 What is… Anything thing that absorbs more carbon than it releases

24 What is a carbon sink?

25 The largest carbon sink on Earth Carbon Sinks: $200 What is…

26 What is the ocean?

27 The medium in which plants grow, in which carbon from decomposed organic matter is stored Carbon Sinks: $300 What is…

28 What is soil?

29 The largest carbon sink in the USA Carbon Sinks: $400 What is…

30 What is the forest?

31 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…

32 What is carbon sequestration?

33 Two effects of climate change on the weather Effects of Climate Change: $100 What are…

34 What are extreme heat, more frequent drought, flooding, and blizzards? (List any 2)

35 The energy Earth receives from the sun is primarily in this form Effects of Climate Change: $200 What is…

36 What is light?

37 When there are no more surviving members of a certain species Effects of Climate Change: $300 What is…

38 What is extinction?

39 This causes sea levels to rise Effects of Climate Change: $400 What is…

40 What is glacier melt?

41 Increasing acidity levels in the ocean due to rising CO 2 levels Effects of Climate Change: $500 What is…

42 What is ocean acidification?

43 They trap heat in the atmosphere, warming the Earth Greenhouse Gases: $100 What are…

44 What are greenhouse gases?

45 The most common greenhouse gas Greenhouse Gases: $200 What is…

46 What is carbon dioxide (CO 2 )?

47 The by-product of domestic animals’ digestion and the 2 nd most prevalent greenhouse gas Greenhouse Gases: $300 What is…

48 What is methane (CH 4 )?

49 Two additional greenhouse gases beyond carbon dioxide and methane Greenhouse Gases: $400 What are…

50 What are water vapor, nitrous oxide, ozone, and fluorinated gases? (List any 2)

51 The largest source of greenhouse gas emissions Greenhouse Gas: $500 What is…

52 What is burning fossil fuels to produce electricity?

53 The concentration of CO 2 in the atmosphere (the closest guess wins the money) Final Jeopardy: $1000 What is…

54 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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