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Who used to host Jeopardy?
Who is Alex Trebek?
What measures how effective we are at getting usable work from a given input of energy?
What is Energy Efficiency?
What country has 100% renewable energy sources (73% Hydro and 27% Geothermal)?
What is Iceland?
What does the EPA list as acceptable risk for most people?
What is "1 in 1 million"?
What are the differences between climate change, global warming, and global change?
1. Climate Change: The variation in the average weather (temperature, precipitation, storm frequency, and strength) over years and decades.
2. Global Warming: The Earth's global surface temperature has been increasing relative to pre-industrial temperatures.
3. Global Change: Includes climate change, global warming, and other environmental changes that have been largely caused by human activities.
Who studied lichens as indicators of air pollution at the Copper Smelter in Karabash?
Who is O. William Purvis?
What year did the US get passed in total amount of energy used and who passed them?
What is China in 2010?
How many people were forced to move for the Three Gorges Dam in China?
What is 1.3 million people?
What modern day board game was patented by Lizzie Magie in 1903?
What is Monopoly?
What temperature would Earth's surface be without any greenhouse gases?
What is -18C (0F)?
What are the six criteria pollutants (50 points each)?
What is sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, lead, particulate matter, and Ground-Level ozone?
Explain how the measurement Btu (British Thermal Unit) works
It is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of liquid water by 1F, at the temperature of water with its greatest density (39F).
What were the three nuclear meltdowns mentioned in the guide? (Bonus points for listing them in order)
1. Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, USA: March 28, 1979
2. Chernobyl Plant, Chernobyl, Ukraine: April 26, 1986
3. Fukushima Plant, Fukushima, Japan: March 2011
What is the principle of assuming a potential substance is unsafe until sufficient evidence show that the risk is low and acceptable?
What is Precautionary Principle?
What is the most streamed song on Spotify?
What is "Blinding Lights"?
What was the last country to remove lead from their gasoline and in what year did that happen?
What is Algeria and in 2021?
What candy would M&M’S Fruit Chews eventually become?
What is Starburst?
Where did the U.S. Department of Energy want to put all nuclear waste for long term storage?
Where is Yucca Mountain, Nevada?
Where are PCBs found commonly today?
What is E-waste recycling plants?
What edition of the IPCC's assessment were they able to say humans have played a role in the changing environment?
What is the Sixth Edition?
Where can you see photochemical pollution naturally?
Where is the Blue Ridge or Smoky Mountains?
What was the film about nuclear plant meltdowns released at the same time as the Three Mile Island accident?
What is "The China Syndrome"?
Who was the first American to orbit Earth?
Who was John Glenn?
What is the reason someone has a 1 in 1 million chance of dying after eating 40 tablespoons of peanut butter?
What is Aflatoxin Fungus?
Who was the scientist from NASA that graphed the rising temperatures on Earth?
Who is James Hansen?