MLA and Research
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China
Japan Earthquake
Potpourri
100
This is the LEAST reliable website SUFFIX when conducting research
What is .net?
100
This is the definition of "inherit"
What is something that is passed on from one person or animal to another?
100
In 2005, this restaurant company was the highest-selling restaurant in all of China.
What is YUM, the company that owns Pizza Hut, KFC, and Taco Bell
100
With your group, come up with as many items in our world that cause radiation as possible. You will get 100 points per correct response, and may answer with as many as five responses. You have two minutes.
What is the sun, microwave, x-ray, CT Scan, MRI, television, cell phone, computer screen.
100
This is the name of the Denver Broncos' "Executive Vice President of Football Operations
Who is John Elway?
200
A website with the suffix .EDU comes from this type of institution:
What is a UNIVERSITY?
200
This is the definition of a "Kimono"
What is a long robe with wide sleeves traditionally worn with a broad sash as an outer garment by the Japanese
200
This is the largest source of China’s domestic energy production
What is coal?
200
WRITTEN: With your group, come up with UP TO THREE secondary results of the earthquake in Japan. You have two minutes
What is tsunami, aftershock, nuclear plant meltdown.
200
If land is arable, then it means this
What is "capable of being cultivated for growing crops"
300
A website with the suffix ".ORG" comes from this type of institution
What is NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION or CHARITY?
300
This is the definition of "Geisha"
What is a Japanese girl or woman who is trained to provide entertaining and lighthearted company
300
The Three Gorges Dam in China is helping to boost China’s renewable energy production by utilizing this form of energy production
What is hydroelectric?
300
This is a possible side-effect from radiation
What is cancer..... birth defects... burn
300
This is the arena that the Nuggets played in before the Pepsi Center
What is McNichol's Sports Arena?
400
In addition to putting each informational citation in MLA format, how do you need to organize your citations in your bibliography?
What is to put them in alphabetical order, according to the author's last name?
400
This is the definition of ubiquitous
What is found everywhere, common
400
This is a reason for China’s increasing energy use (WRITTEN)
What is --More power is needed to run machines in factories --More people can afford vehicles, which usually require gasoline --More people can afford larger homes than previously
400
Directionally (using N, E, S, W), this is the region of Japan where the epicenter of the earthquake occurred.
What is Northeast?
400
In "Text Language," this three-digit number means "too much information.
What is 511? source: webopedia.com
500
WRITTEN: These are the two ways that Wikipedia CAN be a reliable source - 2 possible answers - no penalty for guessing - you have 1 minute
What is 1) If you combine Wikipedia with other citations 2) If the bibliography for the Wikipedia entry is extensive.
500
With your group, draw a picture that shows the difference between urban, suburban, and rural. You have three minutes.
What is Rural: a low population-density area: a small town or the countryside. Suburban: a residential area, characterized by neighborhoods and usually found on the outskirts of an urban area. Urban: a high population-density area (ie: a large city). Example: Tokyo, Japan.
500
This is the primary negative social impact of the Three Gorges Dam
What is the relocation/displacement of over 1.2 million people?
500
The majority of the damages (to human life and to property) has been caused by this aspect of the disaster.
What is the tsunami?
500
This actor won the 2011 Oscar for "Best Actor" for his role in "Kings Speech"
What is Colin Firth?
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