jeopardy introduction to environmental science jeopardy scientific method making decisions env....
TRANSCRIPT
Jeopardy
Introduction to Environmental Science
JEOPARDYScientific Method
Making Decisions
Env. Science
Human Activities Wild Card
100 100 100 100
200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500
100
100 POINTS
Answer
A testable statement
Answer (100 POINTS)
Back to Grid
What is hypothesis?
100 POINTS
Answer
Principles or standards that you consider important.
Answer (100 POINTS)
Back to Grid
What values?
100 POINTS
Answer
The study of human interaction in the
environment.
Answer (100 POINTS)
Back to Grid
What is environmental science?
100 POINTS
Answer
The death of the last member of a species.
Answer (100 POINTS)
Back to Grid
What is extinction?
100 POINTS
Answer
The country that uses the greatest amount of natural resources.
Answer (100 POINTS)
Back to Grid
What is the United States?
200 POINTS
Answer
The final three steps of the scientific method in order.
Answer (200 POINTS)
Back to Grid
What is Setting up a controlled experiment, gathering data, Drawing conclusions
?
200 POINTS
Answer
What you look at when considering an
economic value.
Answer (200 POINTS)
Back to Grid
What are jobs and money?
200 POINTS
Answer
The issue that is described by “The Tragedy of the
Commons” and “If I don’t use it, someone else will.”
Answer (200 POINTS)
Back to Grid
Protecting shared resources.
200 POINTS
Answer
When a resource is used up faster than it is replaced.
Answer (200 POINTS)
Back to Grid
What is depletion?
200 POINTS
Answer
The productive area of the earth used to sustain one
person in a country.
Answer (200 POINTS)
Back to Grid
What is a ecological footprint?
300 POINTS
Answer
Answer (300 POINTS)
Back to Grid
?
300 POINTS
Answer
3 things you do before making an environmental
decision.
Answer (300 POINTS)
Back to Grid
Answers vary.
300 POINTS
Answer
Waste that will break down in the environment.
Answer (300 POINTS)
Back to Grid
What is biodegradable?
300 POINTS
Answer
When there are harmful levels of wastes in the
environment.
Answer (300 POINTS)
Back to Grid
What is pollution?
300 POINTS
Answer
An example of a renewable resource.
Answer (300 POINTS)
Back to Grid
Answers: wood, sunlight, water
400 POINTS
Answer
A verbal or graphical way of explaining how something works or is
organized.
Answer (400 POINTS)
Back to Grid
What is a conceptual model?
400 POINTS
Answer
Lists both the expenses and merits of a solution.
Answer (400 POINTS)
Back to Grid
What is cost benefit analysis?
400 POINTS
Answer
An example of a non-renewable resource.
Answer (400 POINTS)
Back to Grid
Answers vary
400 POINTS
Answer
Conserving resources so that there are enough for
future generations.
Answer (400 POINTS)
Back to Grid
What is sustainability?
400 POINTS
Answer
List 2 reasons why humans are affected by loss of biodiversity.
Answer (400 POINTS)
Back to Grid
Answers vary: They depend on these organisms for food, shelter, oxygen,
and clothing
500 POINTS
Answer
List one developing country and 2 characteristics of developing countries.
Answer (500 POINTS)
Back to Grid
Kenya, India, etc, high birth rate, high infant mortality rate, low eco footprint, low personal wealth
500 POINTS
Answer
List 3 characteristics of a controlled experiment
Answer (500 POINTS)
Back to Grid
Independent variableDependent variableDefined populationOnly one variable changed
500 POINTS
Answer
The variety of species in an ecosystem.
Answer (500 POINTS)
Back to Grid
What is biodiversity?
500 POINTS
Answer
Two environmental problems caused by overpopulation.
Answer (500 POINTS)
Back to Grid
Pollution, resource depletion, habitat
degradation, deforestation.
500 POINTS
Answer
Three of the fields that contribute to
environmental science.
Answer (500 POINTS)
Back to Grid
Biology, chemistry, physics, geology, social sciences,
geography