In-the-know GAME SHOW!. Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin. Choose a dollar amount. Choose a dollar amount. Click here for Bonus Round!. Global Issues. Weather Trivia. Cold Places. Climate. Climate Change. $ 10. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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WeatherTrivia Climate Climate
Change
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ColdPlaces
GlobalIssues
This phenomenon will affect coastal areas worldwide as glaciers melt.
Sea level rise$10
Measurement term used to describe the area of the Earth’s surface
needed to support a given lifestyle
Ecological Footprint
(Country with the largest ecological footprint per person is the United States.)
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Many scientists believe that this
element can someday provide
an unlimited supply of clean energy.
Hydrogen $30
Percent of the Earth’s water available for
people to use
Less Than 1%$40
City in the world with the largest
population
Tokyo with 33.2 million
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The Earth’s coldest location
Antarctica ( -89C/-129F at Vostok on July 21, 1983)
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The warmest year on record according to
NASA
2005 (followed closely by 1998)
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The hottest temperature in North
America was recorded in this U.S.
town.
Death Valley, CA
(56 degrees C/134 degrees F. on 9/13/1922)
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This tool uses sophisticated
software to replicate the atmosphere and
its behavior
A Mathematical Weather Model
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Names given to tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean in
2005 after the list of specified names had
been exhausted.
Letters of the Greek alphabet
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta$50
Presently, 10% of land area is
covered with these.
Glaciers$10
Location of the world’s biggest
ice sheet
Antarctica$20
Percentage of an iceberg above
water
Approx. 10%$30
This collaborative international effort to
research the poles runs from March 2007 - March 2009
International Polar Year
(IPY)$40
These 8 countries/territories are part of the
arctic circle
Canada, Finland, Greenland,
Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden,
United States$50
The study of Earth’s past
climate
Paleoclimatology$10
The study of tree rings to learn about the past
climate of an area
Dendrochronology$20
A period of long-term downturn in the
temperature of Earth's climate, resulting in an expansion of ice sheets and mountain glaciers.
Ice age$30
A cylinder that holds snow and ice
accumulated over many years. Air trapped in the
snow and ice gives scientists clues to past
climate on Earth.
Ice core$40
The most prominent known source of inter-annual
variability in weather and climate that occurs every 3-8
years and is marked by unusually warm ocean
temperatures in the Pacific near Peru.
El Nino or ENSO(El Nino Southern Osillation)
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This climate change documentary received
an Academy Award nomination in 2007 and
is also available in book form.
An Inconvenient Truth
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A term used to describe gases in the air that are raising Earth’s average temperature by trapping
and absorbing long wave radiation leaving
Earth.
Greenhouse Effect$20
This treaty began in 2005 and was the first
international attempt at reducing greenhouse gas emissions but did
not include the U.S.
Kyoto Protocol$30
This United Nations organized international panel of climate experts meets and publishes a
report every 5-7 years on the risk of human-induced
climate change based on the scientific evidence that
exists.
Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC)
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This famous graph shows the increase of heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas in Earth’s