humans in the biosphere jeopardy #1 s2c06 jeopardy review

Humans in the Biosphere

JEOPARDY #1

S2C06 Jeopardy Review

FoodFoodProduction Production

VocabularyVocabulary Species GovernmentGovernment ResourcesResources

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Food Production100

The practice of farming is called _____________.

A: What is agriculture?


Food Production200

A: What is the Green Revolution?

What is the improvement in modern agriculture techniques such as breeding more productive crop strains and using fertilizers and pesticides to improve food production?


Food Production300

A: What is soil erosion ?

What is the wearing away of the surface soil called ?


Food Production400

A: What is called monoculture?

The agricultural method of planting large fields with a single variety year after year is called ________.


Food Production500

A: What is crop rotation?

The practice of planting corn one year and planting soybeans the following year is called _____________.


Vocabulary100

A: What is conservation?


The wise management of natural resources, including the preservation of habitats and wildlife

Vocabulary 200

A: What is global warming?

The increase in the average temperature of the Earth is called ________.


Vocabulary 300

A: What is biodiversity ?

The sum total of the variety of organisms in the biosphere; it is a measure of the health of an ecosystem is called _____.


Vocabulary 400

A: What is pollution ?

Harmful material that can enter the biosphere through land, water, or air is called _______.


Vocabulary 500

A: What is sustainable development ?

Way of using natural resources without depleting them and of providing for human needs without causing long term harm to the environment is called ____.


Species100

A: What is extinction?

Term used to refer to a species that has

died out is called _______.


Species200

A: What is endangered species?

A species whose population size is rapidly declining and will become extinct if the trend continues without intervention is called ____.


Species300

A: What is threatened species.

A species likely to become endangered if not protected is called __________.


Species400

A: What is invasive species?

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 _________.


Species500

A: What is biological magnification?


Increasing concentration of a harmful substance in organisms at higher trophic levels in a food chain or web is called ________.

Government100

A: What is the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species?


The CITES Act passed to protect endangered species, prevents importation into the US of anything that comes from an endangered animal is called ____.

Government200

A: What is Kyoto Accord ?


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 _________.

Government300

A: What is the Montreal Protocol?

Agreement signed by almost 200 countries, including the US, which agreed to reduce the use of ozone depleting chemicals is called _____.


Government400

A: What is the Kyoto Accord?

In 1998 the Clinton Administration signed this agreement and in 2001 the Bush Administration withdrew the US signature. This agreement is called _________.


Government500

A: What is equally ?

A problem with the Kyoto Accord is that all countries who signed it were not required to reduce emissions _____________.


Resources100

A: What is mountain building?

Which of the following is NOT caused by human interactions?

Air pollution water pollutionMountain building deforestation


Resources200

A: What is renewable resources?

Resources that can be replenished over a relatively short time span are called_______.


Resources 300

A: What is solar energy ?S2C06 Jeopardy Review

Which of the following is an example of a renewable resource?Solar energy copperOil natural gas

Resources400

A: What is destruction?

The spread of urban areas has resulted in the __________ of habitats.


Resources500

A: What is overhunting?

By 1884, the buffalo were close to extinction due to ________.
