Heat Islands
The amount by which global temperature has risen since 1900.
What is 1 degree Fahrenheit?
This city has the same footprint (land area) as Montreal despite having 1/15th Montreal's population.
What is Thunder Bay?
Give an example of a hardwood tree.
What is a hickory, maple, beech, oak or ash?
To have taken a huge bite out of something, and to cue someone to start something.
What is chomped, prompt?
This bitter fruit was part of a balanced breakfast with black coffee in the movie Requiem for a Dream.
What is grapefruit?
The amount the temperature has risen in Tokyo since 1900 due to the heat island effect.
What is 5 degrees Fahrenheit?
How have coastal cities changed as a result of urban Sprawl.
What is building land out into the water to accomodate for more sprawl?
Give an example of a softwood tree.
What is Spruce, Balsam, Pine, or Fir tree?
To connect your iPhone to your laptop and the hero of Zelda.
What is sync/Link?
This nut was once so bitter it was poisonous to humans.
What is an almond?
Are heat islands a contributor to Climate Change and the warming of the planet as a whole, true or false.
What is false? Global Warming contributes to Heat Islands but not the other way around.
Name two of the three outcomes on societies and communities because of Urban Sprawl.
What are run-down inner cities, reliance on cars for transportation, air pollution and obesity?
Name all 3 countries that contain the largest amount of forested land.
What are Russia, Canada and Brazil?
Jean Claude Van Damme's nick name.
What is the muscles from Brussels?
If a movie ending is sad with a silver lining it's usually said to be this.
What is bitter sweet?
Two Methods of reducing Heat Island effect in cities.
What are using rain gardens, different building materials (heat blocking resin), city planning (to increase air flow)?
Name two of the three patterns of Spawl.
What are Radial, Leap Frog, or Ribbon?
Most Forests in the Southeastern U.S. are owned by this entity (similar to what Pukaskwa is owned by in Canada).
What is the National Park Service?
A famous late cosmologist/scientist and someone who worships nature.
Who is Carl Sagan/pagan?
In general if a fruit tastes bitter, it can't be this.
What is ripe?
Name two additional factors contributing to Heat Island effect in major cities.
What are coastal breezes, local pollution, city planning (layout/design of buildings).
This legislation made housing/land more affordable outside the cities in the mid 1900's
What is the Affordable Housing Act?
Softwood comes from which of these types angiosperm (flowering plant) or gymnosperm (cone-bearing plant).
What is gymnosperm (cone-bearing)?
What is the classic pasta that goes with meatballs and a german bread non-shedding dog on covered in shiny cellophane on New Years.
What is a spaghetti noodle and a confetti poodle?
Say you name.
Who is....?