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JEOPARDY!
Energy
Human
Environment
Interaction
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Vocabulary
Climate
Regions
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Question 1-100
17. What are renewable
resources?
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Answer
Resources that are infinite or can
replace themselves quickly
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Question 1-200
Vocabulary—This word refers
to fertile soil found near the
mouths of rivers
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Answer
Alluvial Soil
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Question 1-300
3. How do soil building
processes, such as
sedimentation, affect the
environment in a region?
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Answer
Sedimentation can provide
fertile farm land, and increase
the agricultural output of a
region
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Question 1-400
Vocabulary—This agricultural
technique decreases the
amount of water that is wasted
as runoff
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Answer
Drip Irrigation
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Question 1-500
The farming of aquatic organisms
such
as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and
aquatic plants is known as…
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Answer
Aquaculture
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Question 2-100
12. What are the key
characteristics of a tropical
climate?
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Answer
Large amounts of precipitation
and hot temperatures all year
long
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Question 2-200
13. What are the key
characteristics of a tropical
wet and dry climate?
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Answer
Dry seasons and monsoon
seasons that cause heavy
precipitation
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Question 2-300
10. Based on the climograph
above, what climate region is
Iquitos in?
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Answer
Tropical wet
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Question 2-400
15. What are the key
characteristics of a
Mediterranean
climate?
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Answer
Mild temperature, with
below average
precipitation (great for
grapes and figs)
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Question 2-500
6. How do physical
barriers affect
precipitation? Use the
term rain shadow in
your answer.
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Answer
They cause the side of
the mountain facing
the ocean to get a lot
of rain, but the other
side is in a rain
shadow and receives
almost no rain
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Question 3-100
26. What was the main
source of energy in the
United States in the
th
19 century?
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Answer
Coal
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Question 3-200
27. What are the
two main sources
of energy in the
world today?
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Petroleum and coal
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Question 3-300
24. What energy
source does Western
Europe use more than
other global regions?
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Answer
Renewable energy
Bonus question!:
Why?
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Question 3-400
22. Give at least 3
examples of green
energy
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Wind, solar,
hydroelectric,
geothermal, nuclear
(kinda)
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Question 3-500
What is one of the
benefits of using coal or
petroleum?
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It is cheap and readily
available in most
places
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Question 4-100
Why is pastoral
nomadism widely used
in arid climates?
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Answer
There is not enough
water to farm
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Question 4-200
23. What is
desertification, and how
is it affecting the African
Sahel?
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Answer
Desertification is the
process by which an
area becomes more
arid.
The Sahara Desert is
expanding into the Sahel
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Question 4-300
21. What is a dam?
What are dams used
for?
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A dam is a blockade on
a river that forms a
reservoir. They are
used to provide a stable
water supply and
provide hydroelectricity
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Question 4-400
20. Identify two
examples of human
environment interaction
used in arid or semiarid
climates
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Drip irrigation, drought
resistant crops,
pastoral nomadism,
adobe houses
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Question 4-500
Identify three factors
that can cause
desertification
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Overgrazing/poor
farming techniques,
deforestation, and
global warming
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Question 5-100
This term refers to the
long term environmental
conditions in an area
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Climate
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Question 5-200
This term means the
amount of money made
per person in a country
in one year
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GDP per capita
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Question 5-300
This term refers to the
number of infants that
die in one year in a
country
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infant mortality rate
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Question 5-400
This term refers to land
that is not suitable for
farming
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Marginal land
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Question 5-500
This term refers to the
process of turning salt
water into fresh water
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Desalination
Bonus!: Give an example
of a global region that
could benefit from
desalinization
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Question 6-100
Why does the Ring of
Fire have a lot of
volcanoes?
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Answer
The ring of fire lies
along plate boundaries
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Question 6-200
This climate is the
coldest. Polar bears
live there.
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Answer
The tundra
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Question 6-300
This climate has the
most vegetation and is
found near the
equator.
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The rainforest
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Question 6-400
This climate region is
both very dry and very
hot
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The desert
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Question 6-500
This climate region is
kind of dry and kind of
hot. There are a lot of
castles there.
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The mediterranean
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