Global Awareness Jeopardy

Conservation

100

What is conservation?

The protection and care of natural creatures and ecosystems

200

What is an invasive species?

A species introduced to an environment that it is not native to, usually by humans and tends to be very harmfult o the environment

300

What habitat has the most biodiversity?

The Tropical Rainforest

400

Name 3 types of conservation status

Least Concern, Near Threatened, Vulnerable, Endangered, Critically Endangered, Extinct in the Wild, Extinct

500

What is the biggest threat to coral reefs?

Climate change/Global Warming

Cultures of the World

100

What is the popular music genre originating from South Korea?

K-POP

200

What popular team sport known for tackling and its oval-shaped ball was invented in England?

Rugby

300

What is the famous cheese curd, gravy and french fries dish invented in Canada?

Poutine

400

What African Nation is well-known for its appearance in a popular Dreamworks movie

Madagascar

500

What is the well-known Sioux(Native American) word that is the name of multiple U.S States

Dakota

Climate Change

100

What is climate change?

A long-term change in Earth’s weather patterns

200

Are global ice sheets shrinking or growing in the past 100 years?

Shrinking

300

What is a greenhouse gas?

A gas in earth’s atmosphere that absorbs and re radiate heat to earth’s surface- they heat the Earth

400

Name 3 ways to reduce carbon footprint (How much greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere through an individual or company’s actions)

Plant trees/other plants

Recycle

Walk Bike or use less gas-based transportation

turn off lights and other appliances when not in use

Buy less items and buy longer-lasting items

500

What greenhouse gas heats Earth the most?

Water Vapor

Outdoor Code

100

Are you supposed to start a fire wherever you feel like while camping?

NO!

200

How should you treat the land and other land users according to the Outdoor code?

With Respect

300

What should you take with you from the campsite and leave at the campsite after you go home?

Leave nothing but footprints

Take only memories or pictures (or both)

400

Recite the Outdoor Code

As an American, I will do my best to —

Be clean in my outdoor manners

Be careful with fire.

Be considerate in the outdoors

Be conservation-minded

500

What year was the Outdoor Code first published (Hint it was after 1950)

1954

Countries of the World

100

What country shares the longest land border with the United States?

Canada

200

What European country borders Poland France and Italy?

Germany

300

What is the 2nd largest country in South America?

Argentina

400

Of the countries whose names end with -stan which one is the biggest? (hint-Borat)

Kazakhstan

500

What country in Africa contains Mt. Kilimanjaro? 

Tanzania