APES Jeopardy

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APES Jeopardy
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• Allows the use of resources in a responsible
  manner

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• What is
• Conservation?

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• Setting aside areas and protecting them from
  human activities

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• What is a
• Preservation?

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• The amount of dissolved oxygen needed by aerobic
  decomposers to break down organic materials

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• What is BOD or biological oxygen demand?

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• They trap outgoing infrared (heat) energy causing
  earth to warm.

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• What are greenhouse gases?

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• This caused the North Spotted Owl to become an
  endangered species

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• What is the loss of old growth forest?

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• Peat, lignite, bituminous, and anthracite

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• What are steps in coal formation?

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Double JEAPORDY

• How much do you wish to wager?

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Double JEAPORDY Answer

• Species whose role in an ecosystem is more
  important than others.

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Double JEAPORDY Question

• What is a keystone species?

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• The amount of a chemical that kills 50 of the
  animals in a test population

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• What is
• LD50?

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• Relationship in which one partner obtains
  nutrients at the expense of the other partner

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• What is Parasitism?

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• The number of individuals that can be sustained
  in an area

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• What is the carrying capacity?

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• Organisms that possess favorable adaptations pass
  them onto the next generation

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• What is
• Natural selection?

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• Large distinct terrestrial region having similar
  climate, soil, plants and animals

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• What is a
• biome?

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• Rapid algal growth caused by an excess of
  Nitrogen and Phosphorus

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• What is
• Eutrophication?

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• Symbiotic relationship where both partners benefit

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• What is
• mutualism?

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• Bacteria convert ammonia back into nitrogen

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• What is denitrification?

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• Ammonia is converted to nitrate ions

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• What is
• Nitrification?

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• Perfect agricultural soil with equal portions of
  sand, silt and clay

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• What is
• loam?

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• Organic, dark material remaining after
  decomposition by microorganisms

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• What is humus?

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• Nuclei of isotopes split apart when struck by
  neutrons

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• What is
• Nuclear fission?

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• The time it takes for ½ the mass of a
  radioisotope to decay

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• What is Half Life?

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• Energy is neither created or destroyed but may be
  converted from one form to another

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• What is the first law of thermodynamics?

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• Wind
• Solar
• Fuel Cells
• Coal

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• What is
• Coal It is not an alternative energy source?

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• Saves lives from insect transmitted diseases
• Increases food supply
• Increases profits for farmers
• Genetic resistance

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• What is genetic resistance? This is a con of
  pesticides.

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• Upwelling decreases disrupting food chains
• North US has mild winters
• More Atlantic Hurricanes
• Southwest US has increased rainfall

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• What is more Atlantic Hurricanes the effects of
  El Nino causes less Atlantic Hurricanes?

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• Evaporation
• Illuviation
• Transpiration
• Condensation

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• What is a
• Illuviation It is not part of the hydrologic
  cycle?

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• Skin Cancer
• Cataracts
• Acid Rain
• Decreased plant growth

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• What results from the greenhouse effect?