Seventh Grade Edition Brought to you by: Your Teachers!

Seventh Grade Edition

Brought to you by:

• Your Teachers!

Environmental SCIENCE JEOPARDY

Natural Resources

Natural Disasters

Pollution Solutions

More Pollution Solutions

Potpourri

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Final Jeopardy

Natural Resources $100 Question

What is a natural resource?

Give two examples.

ANSWER

Natural Resources $100 Answer

Anything in the environment that is used by people. Fossil Fuels, Plants, wildlife, minerals, solar

energy, wind energy, water

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Natural Resources $200 Question

How we obtain resources and use them is called ________.

ANSWER

Natural Resources $200 Answer

Resource Use

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Natural Resources $300 Question

What is a nonrenewable resource?

Give an example.

ANSWER

Natural Resources $300 Answer

Cannot be replaced in a useful time frame (over 100 years).

Fossil Fuels

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Natural Resources $400 Question

Windmills produce electricity from the energy in wind. What type of natural resource is wind?

ANSWER

Natural Resources $400 Answer

Renewable resource

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Natural Resources $500 Question

What is the difference between a biotic resource and an abiotic resource?

Give an example of each.

ANSWER

Natural Resources $500 Answer

Biotic=Living

- Forests and Wildlife

Abiotic=Non-living– Land/soil, fossil fuels, water, wind, minerals

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Natural Disasters $100 Question

Name three different natural disasters.

ANSWER

Natural Disasters $100 Answer

Avalanches, Hurricanes, Tornados

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Natural Disasters $200 Question

Name two ways that humans can reduce the impact of a natural disaster.

Your answer must include the name of a natural disaster and two ways humans can reduce the damage caused by the disaster.

ANSWER

Natural Disasters $200 Answer

Answers may vary!

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DAILY DOUBLE!!!!

Question

Natural Disasters $300 Question

State three things in the environment that might occur because of natural disasters.

ANSWER

Natural Disasters $300 Answer

Answer may include:sedimentation in watersheds, habitat destruction, soil erosion, extinction of a species, cycles, changes to population, air pollution

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Natural Disasters $400 Question

Due to warmer ocean surface temperatures, hurricanes will likely Increase OR decrease in intensity.

ANSWER

Natural Disasters $400 Answer

Increase

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Natural Disasters $500 Question

Name two ways that natural processes can change the environment.

This one is tricky…think back to your notes!

ANSWER

Natural Disasters $500 Answer

Natural disasters and cyclic climate changes.

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Pollution Solutions $100 Question

Give three examples of how you can conserve resources.

ANSWER

Pollution Solutions $100 Answer

• Reduce electricity-turn off the lights• Reduce water use- take shorter showers• Reuse water bottles• Recycle plastic, paper, aluminum

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Pollution Solutions $200 Question

Any change to the environment that has a negative effect on living things is called ______.

ANSWER

Pollution Solutions $200 Answer

Pollution

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Pollution Solutions $300 Question

Name three ways that you can reuse something to conserve natural resources.

ANSWER

Pollution Solutions $300 Answer

• Reuse-water bottles, plastic containers, boxes for storage, give clothing to Goodwill, give gently used binders to Miss Everett!

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Pollution Solutions $400 Question

What are three ways you can conserve water?

ANSWER

Pollution Solutions $400 Answer

1. Take shorter showers2. Only do full loads of laundry3. Fix leaking pipes

4. Turn off running water when brushing your

teeth

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Pollution Solutions $500 Question

How we use best practices when farming, mining, and building new developments and roads is called _______.

ANSWER

Pollution Solutions $500 Answer

Land use decisions

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More Pollution Solutions $100 Question

Compare and contrast solar energy to coal energy.

ANSWER

More Pollution Solutions $100 Answer

Solar energy is cleaner and inexpensive to get (it’s free). Coal is more efficient and dirtier (it causes

more pollution).

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More Pollution Solutions $200 Question

Being careful how we use resources is called _____.

ANSWER

More Pollution Solutions $200 Answer

Conservation

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More Pollution Solutions $300 Question

State three things you can do in your house to save energy. (think energy hogs)

ANSWER

More Pollution Solutions $300 Answer

Answers may include:• Use solar panels• Insulate your house properly• Water heater blanket for water heater• CFL lights• More/larger windows for natural lighting• Shorter showers• Turn off lights when not in use

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More Pollution Solutions $400 Question

Urban areas have more pollution than rural areas. What are two practical ideas for reducing the

amount of pollution in Urban areas (cities and big towns).

ANSWER

More Pollution Solutions $400 Answer

Answers may include:• Use public transportation or walk• Reduce the amount of light/water/electricity use• Have sections set aside for parks• Establish recycling centers

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More Pollution Solutions $500 Question

ANSWER

Which type of environmental issue is pollution of the Chesapeake Bay and why?

More Pollution Solutions $500 Answer

It is a regional issue because it effects a certain part of an area (Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia) but doesn’t effect the whole country.

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Potpourri $100 Question

Name two gasses that cause global warming?

ANSWER

Potpourri $100 Answer

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Carbon Monoxide

Methane

Potpourri $200 Question

The greater the _____ of an ecosystem, the more easily it

may recover.

ANSWER

Potpourri $200 Answer

Biodiversity

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Potpourri $300 Question

How we get rid of waste we don’t want is called ____.

ANSWER

Potpourri $300 Answer

Waste disposal

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Potpourri $400 Question

_____ is when we build structures such as homes,

industries, roads and bridges.

ANSWER

Potpourri $400 Answer

Development

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Potpourri $500 Question

What is the greenhouse effect?

ANSWER

Potpourri $500 Answer

The Earth’s atmosphere traps rays from the sun. Because there is carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, rays can penetrate through the atmosphere. However, they cannot leave as easily. This then causes a warming of the Earth.

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FINAL JEOPARDY

• There are many global issues that humans need to be concerned about. Name one issue and describe what it is, why it is an issue, and how it can be made better.

• Be sure to include:– A GLOBAL issue– A description of the issue– What causes this problem– What makes this an issue– What can be done to lessen the problem

FINAL JEOPARDY

Answers must include ALL of the following:

• a description of a GLOBAL issue• an explanation as to what causes the problem

• an explanation of why this is an issue or problem for humans

• a description of what can be done to reduce or lessen the problem