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Humans in the Biosphere

This Jeopardy review game covers topics related to food production, vocabulary, species, government, and resources in the biosphere. Test your knowledge and learn more about these important concepts! .

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Humans in the Biosphere

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  1. Humans in the Biosphere JEOPARDY #1 S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  2. Food Production Vocabulary Species Government Resources 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

  3. Food Production100 The practice of farming is called _____________. A: What is agriculture? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  4. Food Production200 What is the improvement in modern agriculture techniques such as breeding more productive crop strains and using fertilizers and pesticides to improve food production? A: What is the Green Revolution? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  5. Food Production300 What is the wearing away of the surface soil called ? A: What is soil erosion ? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  6. Food Production400 The agricultural method of planting large fields with a single variety year after year is called ________. A: What is called monoculture? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  7. Food Production500 The practice of planting corn one year and planting soybeans the following year is called _____________. A: What is crop rotation? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  8. Vocabulary100 The wise management of natural resources, including the preservation of habitats and wildlife A: What is conservation? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  9. Vocabulary200 The increase in the average temperature of the Earth is called ________. A: What is global warming? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  10. Vocabulary300 The sum total of the variety of organisms in the biosphere; it is a measure of the health of an ecosystem is called _____. A: What is biodiversity ? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  11. Vocabulary400 Harmful material that can enter the biosphere through land, water, or air is called _______. A: What is pollution ? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  12. Vocabulary500 Way of using natural resources without depleting them and of providing for human needs without causing long term harm to the environment is called ____. A: What is sustainable development ? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  13. Species100 Term used to refer to a species that has died out is called _______. A: What is extinction? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  14. Species200 A species whose population size is rapidly declining and will become extinct if the trend continues without intervention is called ____. A: What is endangered species? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  15. Species300 A species likely to become endangered if not protected is called __________. A: What is threatened species. S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  16. Species400 Plants or animals that have migrated or been introduced into places where they are not native and for which there are no natural predators or parasites to control their population is called _________. A: What is invasive species? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  17. Species500 Increasing concentration of a harmful substance in organisms at higher trophic levels in a food chain or web is called ________. A: What is biological magnification? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  18. Government100 The CITES Act passed to protect endangered species, prevents importation into the US of anything that comes from an endangered animal is called ____. A: What is the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  19. Government200 The agreement aimed at reducing global warming which has been ratified by 104 nations that asks participants to reduce greenhouse emissions by the year 2012 is called _________. A: What is Kyoto Accord ? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  20. Government300 Agreement signed by almost 200 countries, including the US, which agreed to reduce the use of ozone depleting chemicals is called _____. A: What is the Montreal Protocol? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  21. Government400 In 1998 the Clinton Administration signed this agreement and in 2001 the Bush Administration withdrew the US signature. This agreement is called _________. A: What is the Kyoto Accord? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  22. Government500 A problem with the Kyoto Accord is that all countries who signed it were not required to reduce emissions _____________. A: What is equally ? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  23. Resources100 Which of the following is NOT caused by human interactions? Air pollution water pollution Mountain building deforestation A: What is mountain building? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  24. Resources200 Resources that can be replenished over a relatively short time span are called_______. A: What is renewable resources? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  25. Resources 300 Which of the following is an example of a renewable resource? Solar energy copper Oil natural gas A: What is solar energy ? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  26. Resources400 The spread of urban areas has resulted in the __________ of habitats. A: What is destruction? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

  27. Resources500 By 1884, the buffalo were close to extinction due to ________. A: What is overhunting? S2C06 Jeopardy Review

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