Jeopardy Deserts Lands Land Mgt ETC Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Leopold. ETC Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question Deserts Name a common characteristic Of all deserts?

$100 Answer Deserts Poor Minerial Soil Precipitation under 10” annually

$200 Question Deserts What is the rainshadow effect?

$200 Answer Deserts  An area having relatively little precipitation due to the effect of a topographic barrier, especially a mountain range, that causes the prevailing winds to lose their moisture on the windward side, causing the leeward side to be dry.

$300 Question Deserts What is leaching?

$300 Answer Deserts drain away from soil, ash, or similar material by the action of percolating liquid, especially rainwater.

$400 Question Deserts What causes desertification?.

$400 Answer Deserts the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.

$500 Question Deesrtss What are the spines of desert plants?

$500 Answer Deserts Adapated leaves that provide protection

$100 Question Land Which is and example of urbanization Immigrants settle in NYC Farmer moves into the city Lumberjacks lose job & moves to city Indian family moves to city after a Devistating landslide?

$100 Answer Land All but A

$200 Question Land Give an example of infrastructure

$200 Answer Land Railroad Streets Telephone lines school

$300 Question Land What is the result of deforestation?

$300 Answer Land Erosion Invasive plants moving in Less CO2 is absorbed from atmosphere

$400 Question Land What causes degradation Of rangeland?

$400 Answer Land overgrazing Drought Driving ATV to compact soil

$500 Question Land Why do we have National Parks?

$500 Answer Land To provide recreation To protect wildlife and habitats To preserve natural areas

$100 Question Land Mgt What is an eco-service?

$100 Answer Land Mgt edicated to investigating the impact of biodiversity change on ecosystem functioning and  services, and human well-being. Its mission is to: ... Assess the effect of ecosystem service change on human well-being, and evaluate human responses to ecosystem service change.

$200 Question Land Mgt What can unplanned rapid Growth create?

$200 Answer Land Mgt Infrastructure that can not adequately support The population

$300 Question Land Mgt What is an effective way To help a forest recover from Tree harvesting?

$300 Answer Land Mgt Selective cutting Replanting project

$400 Question Land Mgt How can open spaces Provide environmental benefits To urban areas?

$400 Answer Land Mgt Allow ground water to be absorbed Become a carbon sink Provide areas of beauty

$500 Question Land Mgt What does anthroprogenic Mean??

$500 Answer Land Mgt chiefly of environmental pollution and pollutants originating in human activity.

$100 Question Leopold What is Land Ethic?

$100 Answer Leopold To treat land more than just a commodity moral responsibility to the natural world. At its core, the idea of a land ethic is simply caring: about people, about land, and about strengthening the relationships between them. To treat land more than just a commodity

$200 Question Leopold In what book was Aldo Leopold’s Essay The Land Ethic published?

$200 Answer Misc. A Sand County Almanac

$300 Question Misc. What was Aldo Leopold called? The Father of….

$300 Answer Misc Wildlife Management ; he was also known as the Father of grassland restoration

$400 Question Misc. What did Aldo Leopold teach us about The land?

$400 Answer Misc. That we have to live and work WITH it In order to preserve it

$500 Question Misc Why is it important to preserve farmland?

$500 Answer Misc Biodiversity, Soils Need land to grow food

$100 Question from ETC Define Urban Sprawl

$100 Answer ETC the uncontrolled expansion of urban areas

$200 Question ETC What is a heat island?

$200 Answer ETC The increased temperature In a city due to streets and Buildings releasing heat Absorbed during day in the night

$300 Question ETC What is the Aeolian process?

$300 Answer ETC Pertains to wind activity in the study of Geology and weather specifically to the Wind’s ability to shape the surface of the Earth

$400 Question ETC What is Soil Sealing?

$400 Answer ETC Destruction or covering of Soils by buildings, construction, And layers of impermeable artifical materials

$500 Question ETC Passed in 1964, this law designated Certain lands as a remote special area

$500 Answer ETC Wilderness Act

Final Jeopardy What can individuals do to To reduce the loss of ecosystem Services as populations grow?

Final Jeopardy Answer Conserve natural resources Reduce Reuse Renew