Water facts
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Geography
100

What is another word for rain?

Precipitation

100

What room are we in?

J18

100

Challenge a member of another team to rock, paper, scissors.

Winner gets $100 for their team.  Losing team is fined $50.

100

What is the capital of Australia?

Canberra

200

What percent of the earth's water is fresh (including the water frozen in the ice caps)?

3%

200

How many kids do I have?

2

200

Challenge a member of another team to a stare off.

Winner gets $200 for their team.  Losing team is fined $100.

200

What is the name of the dam that provides most of Hervey Bay's water supply?

The Lenthall Dam

300
What do you call the process of turning salt water into fresh water?

Desalination


300

List three animals that the black cat befriends in the movie 'Flow'.

Golden dog

Capabara

Lemur

300

Challenge a member of another team to a contest of accuracy (three throws into the bin).  Best of three wins.  A draw sees both teams get the $$.

Winner gets $300 for their team.  Losing team is fined $200.

300

Which is bigger in land size - South Australia or New South Wales?

NSW

400

Name one way that water is valued and used for cultural reasons.

Used in religious ceremonies like the Ganges, or baptism.  

Used in myths like Tiddalick.

400

What is the hardest word that we have learned this term?

Meaning - too many nutrients (from fertiliser runoff) causes algae to grow in water.

You will get a bonus $100 if you spell it correctly.

eutrophication

400

Challenge another team to a contest of bottle flipping.  Best score out of 10 wins.  Caps get 2 points.

Winner gets $400 for their team, losing team is fined $300.

400

What year were the Brisbane Floods we talked about during this term?

2011

500

What are three ways that water is valued?

Economic value, cultural value, recreational value

500

List the four types of pollution that we looked at in one of the tasks in the booklet.

Oil pollution; plastic pollution; sewage pollution; fertiliser runoff

500

Challenge a member of another team to a plank.  If both plankers last 2 minutes, a draw is declared and both teams get points.

Winner gets $500 for their team.  The losing team gets fined $400.

500

In the creation story of K'gari, Lake McKenzie is considered what body part of the Princess?

Eyes

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