Water Pollution
Air Pollution
Land Pollution
Waste Disposal & Hazardous Waste
Wild Card
100
Water that goes down our drains in our house and goes to get treated.
Wastewater
100
Which of the following substances is NOT involved in the chemical reaction that produces smog?
a. Sunlight
b. Automotive exhaust
c. Water
d. Ozone
Water
100
DOUBLE JEOPARDY process of allowing plant waste to decompose into a dark brown material that can be used in gardens to enrich soil
composting
100
Cardboard should be placed in
recycling
100
Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What am I?
The letter “R.”
200
Runoff from a farm, nearby city, and forest is what type of water pollution
Non-point source
200
thick, brownish haze typically found in valleys due to thermal inversion
What is smog?
200
waste produced by households & businesses
municipal solid waste
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Styrofoam should be placed in the
Trash
200
This belongs to you, but everyone else uses it.
your name
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY happens when humans add excess nutrients (phosphorus & nitrogen) to the water causing algal blooms.
artificial eutrophication or nutrient/toxic pollution
300
type of oxygen that causes smog
(tropospheric) ozone O3
300
a kind of substance which cannot be broken down by natural organisms and acts as a source of pollution
non biodegradable material
300
Dirty Diaper should be place in the
trash
300
A plane crashed between the border of France and Belgium. Where were the survivors buried?
They weren’t. Survivors don’t need to be buried.
400
Give an example of a point source pollution
Any type of water pollution where the source is easily identified
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY #1 cause of air pollution
fossil fuel burning or (activity: transportation)
400
Name something biodegradable
anything broken down by biological processes
400
Grass clippings should be placed in
composting
400
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A map
500
what happens to environmental poisons as you move up the energy pyramid
the amount of poison increases
500
Cause of acid precipitation
burning of fossil fuels
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Name 1 pro and 1 con of using incinerators
Pro - less use of landfills and energy increase
Con- release of GHGs and production of ash/sludge
500
Paint should be place in
hazardous disposal
500
If all Wibbles are Criggles, all Borkins are Kwumblins, no Hoggles are Borkins, and all Criggles are Borkins, is it true that all Borkins are Criggles?
Nope
600
Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is what type of water pollution (from the 4 types from the GIZMO)
toxic pollution
600
the ph range of acid rain
What is 4.0 - 5.0?
600
Name two environmental concerns with landfills
leachate leaking into groundwater
release of methane gas (greenhouse gases)
not enough space
600
DOUBLE JEOPARDY the policy that allows the EPA can sue companies that dump hazardous waste illegally
What is the Superfund Act?
600
You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?
All the people were married.
700
DOUBLE JEOPARDY define biomagnification
the magnification of toxins over time through a food chain due to water pollution
700
Name a regulation from the Clean Air Act to reduce the amount of Carbon Monoxide in the air
What are catalytic converters?
What are scrubbers?
What are electrostatic precipitators?
700
Name a requirement for modern landfills
It must be lined with clay and plastic.
It must collect and treat leachate.
It must have vents to remove methane.
700
Name one way to disposal of hazardous waste
produce less of it, reuse it, conversion into nonhazardous substances, deep-well injection, surface impoundment, barrels, biologically treating, incinerating, exporting
700
I have keys, but no locks and space, and no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
a keyboard