Art
Who is Will Wilson?
A contemporary Diné (Navajo) artist
"Earthrise addresses a "pale blue dot." What is the dot?
What is the third step in the scientific method?
Make a preliminary determination on the
hypothesis
When did the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)
occur?
20,000 years ago
When the audience demands a repetition of the
piece, this is called a(n) ________.
encore
When and where was Vik Muniz born?
São Paulo, Brazil; 1961
Who teaches Angel an animal calling song?
Dora-Rouge
What is biomass?
The term used to describe the weight of
biological material
What does a study of temperature variability over
the past 2000 years find?
The largest warming trends have occurred since
the middle of the 20th century.
What is a character piece?
When the composer tries to capture the essence
of something without depicting a programmatic
storyline.
What is documented in Wilson's "Survey"?
Contaminated lands within and on the border
of Dinétah that remain polluted as a result of
harmful extraction made by the U.S. government
and private U.S. companies
What relative does Angel find in South Dakota
Her sister/ Henriet
What is a widely accepted theory that appears to
apply universally?
A universal law
What was the goal of the participating nations of
the Kyoto Protocol?
Target for emission reductions that, taken
together, would be 5% over the years 2008 to
2012, compared to 1990 levels
Grofé employed the disjunct drop of a major
seventh to create what animal sound?
The sound of a braying burro.
What is the importance of Untilled?
It remained on the move and was unpredictable
throughout its months of display, questioning
what really separates an artwork and its ecology.
Which literary movement of the early 19th century
was concerned with the plight of the poor?
Romanticism
What is habitat fragmentation?
When human activity divides a large area of land
into smaller pieces
Who argued that atmospheric water vapor and
carbon dioxide could interact with solar rays to
raise the earth's temperature?
Eunice Newton Foote
Who conducted the debut of the Grand Canyon
Suite?
Paul Whiteman
What is the name of the art technique that creates
a glass-plate negative measuring eight inches
by ten inches in the camera, giving a very high
detailed quality?
wet plate collodion
Who wrote a novel that introduced readers to
environmental issues through the use of monarch
butterflies?
Barbara Kingsolver
By 2020, what percentage of corn, cotton, and
soybeans were planted using genetically modified
seeds?
Over 90 percent
What did the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development in Brazil
in 1992 do?
Founded the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Who led a group of Chinese composers in
revising the Yellow River Cantata into a piano
concerto?
Yin Chengzong