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$100 Question from H1 Name the protocol associated with greenhouse gas emissions
$100 Answer from H1 Kyoto Protocol
$200 Question from H1 What layer of the atmosphere holds the ozone layer?
$200 Answer from H1 Stratosphere
$300 Question from H1 Describe how to calculate your fuel efficiency
$300 Answer from H1 miles traveled gallons of gas used
$400 Question from H1 List three projected effects of global climate change.
$400 Answer from H1 • Potential Consequences: • Rise in sea level • Increase in extreme weather events • Availability of water resources • Increased incidence of certain diseases • Decrease in biodiversity • Disappearance of some forests
$500 Question from H1 What would be required of the U.S. if we ratified the Kyoto Protocol? Why haven’t we ratified it?
$500 Answer from H1 • the reduction of GHG emissions by 5% below 1990 levels • only required of developed countries • high cost? hurt economy? • no readily available substitutes
$100 Question from H2 Beavers are an example of what type of species?
$100 Answer from H2 Keystone
$200 Question from H2 Provide two terms that mean the same as non-native.
$200 Answer from H2 Invasive, alien, introduced
$300 Question from H2 Where does most of the mercury in Minnesota’s fish come from?
$300 Answer from H2 Coal-fired power plants
$400 Question from H2 Describe the difference between instrumental and intrinsic value
$400 Answer from H2 • Instrumental value = nature has value because it is useful to us • Intrinsic value = nature has value because it exists
$500 Question from H2 List four reasons why biodiversity is important.
$500 Answer from H2 instrumental value * resources * ecosystem functions (filter water, pollination, etc.) * medicines * recreation * beauty intrinsic value better able to adapt to change fills a niche
$100 Question from H3 What is the Law of Conservation Of Matter?
$100 Answer from H3 Matter cannot be created or destroyed (there is no “away”)
$200 Question from H3 List three problems with bottled water.
$200 Answer from H3 most comes from tap; plastic is from a nonrenewable resource, difficult to recycle, and produces a lot of waste; expensive; not as regulated as tap water
$300 Question from H3 Describe an external cost of car ownership.
$300 Answer from H3 air pollution from burning fossil fuels, land degradation from the extraction of the raw materials, etc.
$400 Question from H3 What percentage (+ or – 1%) of Earth’s water is fresh and where is most of this fresh water found?
$400 Answer from H3 About 2.5% of Earth’s water is fresh and most of it is found in glaciers and ice caps
$500 Question from H3 Describe three ways eating less meat can reduce your ecological footprint
$500 Answer from H3 • cattle eat a large amount of the world’s grain, take up a lot of space, and need a lot of water • cattle produce methane • cattle often are injected with hormones
$100 Question from H4 An area that includes multiple ecosystems, an amazing amount of biodiversity, and is threatened due to degradation or disruption is calledwhat?
$100 Answer from H4 A hot spot
$200 Question from H4 Provide two examples of cultural hazards
$200 Answer from H4 driving, smoking, diet, drugs, alcohol, unsafe sex, etc.
$300 Question from H4 List three renewable and three nonrenewable resources.
$300 Answer from H4 renewable: solar, wind, geothermal, trees, water, etc. nonrenewable: coal, oil, natural gas, propane, minerals, etc.
$400 Question from H4 Describe the Precautionary Principle and provide an example of how you could use it.
$400 Answer from H4 • When there is plausible but incomplete • scientific evidence of significant harm • to humans or the environment from a • proposed or existing chemical or technology, • we should take action to prevent or reduce the • risk instead of waiting for more conclusive • evidence; • “Better safe than sorry” or “Look before you leap” • Example: Study!
$500 Question from H4 Describe e-waste and two current problems associated with it.
$500 Answer from H4 • Electronic waste • hazardous, yet valuable • Basel Convention not enforced enough • ending up in developing countries • more profitable to export than recycle
$100 Question from H5 What has caused most mass extinctions in the past?
$100 Answer from H5 “Rapid” environmental change
$200 Question from H5 Provide three examples of natural capital
$200 Answer from H5 Air, soil, water, biodiversity, sun, nutrient recycling, minerals, etc.
$300 Question from H5 Describe one advantage and one disadvantage of nuclear energy.
$300 Answer from H5 Advantages: no greenhouse gas emissions, reliable, reduces dependence on foreign oil Disadvantages: high start up cost, safety concerns, radioactive waste
$400 Question from H5 Define total fertility rate.
$400 Answer from H5 The average number of children a woman gives birth to.
$500 Question from H5 Describe the Tragedy of the Commons
