Humans in the Biosphere JEOPARDY #2 S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Humans in the Biosphere

JEOPARDY #2

S2C06 Jeopardy Review

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Resources100

Which of the following is an example of a renewable resource?

Corn Natural Gas

Copper Coal

A: What is corn?


Resources200

A: What is A can be replenished over months, years, or decades?

Renewable resource________.

A. can be replenished over months, years, or decades

B. are all living resources

C. have finite supplies that will one day be used up

D. include iron, natural gas, and copper


Resources300

A: What is uranium ?

Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable resource?

Cotton Cattle

Trees Uranium


Resources400

A: What is B. plastic?

Which of the following products do petroleum resources provide in addition to energy?

A. aggregate C. nickel

B. plastic D. cardboard


Resources500

A: What is D. increasing soil erosion?

One way that mining for mineral resources damages the land is by ________.

A. adding greenhouse gases to the environment

B. depleting the world’s ozone

C. causing salinization

D. increasing soil erosion


It’s a Sunny Day100

A: What is non-polluting?


The advantage of solar energy includes the fact that it is ________.A. nonrenewable C. expensiveB. non-polluting D. absent at night

It’s a Sunny Day 200

A: What is A non-polluting?

Harnessing the sun’s energy to produce heat or electricity is ____.

A. non-polluting C. possible only in coastal areas

B. inexpensive D. a major source of air pollution



A: What is B necessary equipment and installation are expensive ?

What is one of the drawbacks to the extensive use of solar energy?

A. It is nonrenewable.

B. Necessary equipment and installation are expensive.

C. It is available only at night.

D. It produces toxic pollution.


It’s a Sunny Day 400

A: What is D. maintain warmth near Earth’s surface?

The greenhouse gas carbon dioxide helps to ________.

A. deflect harmful radiation from space

B. increase precipitation in arid areas

C. form clouds in the atmosphere

D. maintain warmth near Earth’s surface



A: What is passive ?

A simple ________ solar system can be a south-facing window that allows sunlight into a room.


Radioactive100

A: What is D. uranium?

The fuel for nuclear fission in nuclear reactors is _______.

A. petroleum C. hydrogen

B. carbon D. uranium


Radioactive200

A: What is D. all of the above?

Which of the following is a problem associated with the increased use of nuclear

A. cost of building safe nuclear facilities

B. major hazards involved in nuclear waste disposal

C. concern over the possibility of a serious nuclear accident

D. all of the above


Radioactive300

A: What is B. controlled nuclear chain reactions produces heat, driving steam turbines and producing energy?.

How does nuclear fission produce energy?

A. moving water turns turbines to produce electricity

B. controlled nuclear chain reaction produces heat, driving steam turbines and producing energy

C. uncontrolled nuclear reaction produces heat, driving steam turbines to produce energy

D. carbon atoms are bombarded by neutrons


Radioactive400

A: What is YES, they are safer than they used to be?

Is nuclear power plants safer than they

used to be?


Radioactive500

A: What is navy vessels and submarines?


This energy is important for powering ____________.

Windy Weather100

A: What is B. 5-10%?


It is estimated that, in the future, wind energy could produce what percent of the nation’s electricity?

A. 80-85% C. 70-75%B. 5-10% D. 25-30%

Windy Weather200

A: What is A. noise pollution (from the blades to some people) ?


Wind power generates ____________.A. noise pollution C. water pollutionB. air pollution d. soil pollution

Windy Weather300

A: What is the D. the expense of large tracts of land in populated areas?

One problem with wind energy as a major source of electricity is _________.

A. it is nonrenewable

B. it causes major air pollution

C. it does not work during the night

D. the expense of large tracts of land in populated areas


Windy Weather400

A: What is the D. wind?

Which of the following is NOT a land resource?

A.soil C. iron

B.forests D. wind


Windy Weather500

A: What is electricity ?

Wind farms are used to produce _____________.


Water100

A: What is A. falling water that turns a turbine?

Hydroelectric power is produced by ___________.

A. falling water that turns a turbineB. tides that pour through a dam barrierC. hot water that comes from deep undergroundD. electric current that flows across a dam


Water200

A: What is C. nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides?

Which of the pollutants are considered to contribute to acid rain?

A. carbon monoxide and dust

B. carbon monoxide and sulfur oxides

C. nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides

D. nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide


Water 300

A: What is the Clean Water Act ?S2C06 Jeopardy Review

The ____________ Act led to an increase in sewage treatment plants; it requires industries to reduce or eliminate point source pollution into surface waters.

Water400

A: What is known?

Point source pollution is pollution that comes from a ______ and specific location.


Water500

A: What is A the rainwater pouring from an eroded bank into a river?

Which of the following is a nonpoint source pollution of water?

A. rainwater pouring from an eroded bank into a river

B. a boat emptying a waste tank into a lake

C. a sewage plant sending sewage into a river


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