Endangered Species
Renewable Energy
NC Wildlife
WILDcard (see what I did there)
Notable People
100
True or false: almost 99% of current endangered species are threatened due to human activity.
What is true?
100
This energy is derived from the splitting of uranium atoms.
What is Nuclear Energy?
100
True or false: the Venus flytrap is endemic to the Carolinas.
True! It is only found in a small area of bog-land in Eastern NC and SC. Venus flytraps can photosynthesize like other plants, and they eat insects to supplement their nitrogen intake.
100
"At the end of the day..."
"it's night."
100
This Swedish activist gained prominence for calling for world leaders to take action against climate change as a teenager.
Who is Greta Thunberg
200
True or False, it's illegal to harass, annoy or disturb a manatee in the state of Kansas.
What is False
200
Element needed to produce photovoltaic cells.
What is Silicon?
200
True or False: Gerbils are native to NC
What is false.
200
This animal
What is a comb jelly?
200
The author of Silent Spring
Double points for what Silent Spring is about
Who is Rachel Carson?
What is exposing the harm DDT poses to the environment?
300
What canine native to the southeastern United States currently only has a population of 17-19?
What is the red wolf?
300
Isotope used in nuclear energy.
What is Uranium-235
300
Name one even-toed ungulate that lives in North Carolina
What is bison, elk, white-tailed deer, or wild boar
300
A difference between an introduced species and an invasive species
What is: invasive species outcompete native species, cause damage to health of people, animals, or the environment, and rapidly spread?
300
He is a British broadcaster, biologist, and natural historian. He is most famous for narrating natural history program/documentaries.
Who is Sir David Attenborough?
400
This country has the most endangered species.
What is Madagascar? (3800 species)
400
This state produces the most wind energy in the United States.
What is Texas?
400
The state frog of NC
What is the Pine Barrens Tree frog
400
Name the three species of 'poison-' plants in NC that cause rashes and itching on contact.
What is poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac?
400
This economist advocates for countries to turn away from maximizing GDP, and to instead ensure that everyone is able to live a safe, happy life within the environmental limits of the planet.
Who is Kate Raworth?
500
Common name for Ailuropoda melanoleuca
What is the Giant Panda?
500
This country gets 92% of its energy from hydropower.
What is Norway?
500
Name 4 out of 6 species of venomous snakes in NC. (Half points if you name 3/6)
What are the copperhead, the cottonmouth, the timber rattlesnake, the pygmy rattlesnake, the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, and the eastern coral snake?
500
As glaciers receded following the Ice Age, blue jays helped spread this kind of tree
What are oak trees? Like squirrels, blue jays stash acorns in the ground and in trees as a food reserve. Blue jays are credited with helping to expand the range of oak trees because of this.
500
She is the first African woman to win a Noble Peace Prize. She founded the Green Belt Movement, an organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights.
Who is Wangari Maathai?