Jeopardy and ummm… Splish Drippity Kaplunk Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 pollution Splish Kersploosh Drippity Kaplunk 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 from Splish Photosynthetic organisms are found mainly in shallow water due to the availability of what?

$100 Answer from Splish Sunlight

$200 Question from Splish The largest watershed in the United States is what river?

$200 Answer from Splish The Mississippi River

$300 Question from Splish Mangrove swamps provide breeding and feeding grounds for roughly _________ animal species.

$300 Answer from Splish 2, 000

$400 Question from Splish Which of the following is not an environmental function of wetlands? - Increasing runoff Absorbing and removing pollutants Trapping carbon Controlling floods

$400 Answer from Splish Increasing runoff

$500 Question from Splish Which of the following statements is not correct? - Lakes may contain a region that recieves little sunlight. Swamps are dominated by woody shrubs. Wetlands help remove pollutants. Rivers generally move faster as they reach the ocean.

$500 Answer from Splish Rivers generally move faster as they reach the ocean.

$100 Question from Kersploosh Water __________ sunlight; thus photosynthesis in lakes and oceans does not occur below 100 meters.

$100 Answer from Kersploosh Absorbs

$200 Question from Kersploosh In the _________ zone, the water is cool and dark.

$200 Answer from Kersploosh Benthic

$300 Question from Kersploosh In the ____________ zone, aquatic life is diverse and abundant.

$300 Answer from Kersploosh Littoral

$400 Question from Kersploosh What distinguishes nekton from benthos?

$400 Answer from Kersploosh One swims freely and the other often lives attached to a hard surface.

$500 Question from Kersploosh Two threats to ocean ecosystems are which of the following: Nutrient runoff industrial waste discharge Entanglement of marine mammals Overfishing Sewage Algal blooms

$500 Answer from Kersploosh All of the above

$100 Question from Drippity Three percent of the world’s water resources are found as what?

$100 Answer from Drippity Fresh Water

$200 Question from Drippity An inexpensive solution to providing more fresh water is what?

$200 Answer from Drippity Water Conservation

$300 Question from Drippity How is fresh water used in industry? Give the 3 answers seperately.

$300 Answer from Drippity Manufacturing processes Disposal of waste products Generate power

$400 Question from Drippity What causes most coastal pollution in the United States?

$400 Answer from Drippity Industrial waste and sewage

$500 Question from Drippity Which factor is not an important advantage for aquatic organisms living near the surface of a lake or pond?

$500 Answer from Drippity Presence of decomposing organisms

$100 Question from Kaplunk Estuaries are extremely productive ecosystems because they continually receive fresh nutrients from _______ and ________.

$100 Answer from Kaplunk Rivers and Oceans

$200 Question from Kaplunk In an estuary, when fresh water meets salt water, currents for and cause what?

$200 Answer from Kaplunk Nutrients to fall to the bottom.

$300 Question from Kaplunk What is not characteristic of salt marshes and mangrove swamps?

$300 Answer from Kaplunk Both are dominated by marsh grasses.

$400 Question from Kaplunk Which aquatic ecosystem is adversely affected by runoff? (Give all 3 answers seperately.)

$400 Answer from Kaplunk Oceans, Rivers, and estuaries.

$500 Question from Kaplunk Most pollutants that enter estuaries break down over time, yet they are still considered a problem because of what?

$500 Answer from Kaplunk It is the volume of the pollutants, more than the time factor, that harms estuaries.

$100 Question from And umm… Pollution When neighborhood residents noticed a large number of dead fish in a local creek, they traced the problem to a nearby gas station. It turned out that a gasoline tank had developed a leak. This is an example of what?

$100 Answer from And umm… Pollution Point-source pollution

$200 Question from And umm… Pollution Parasitic worms would be classified as which type of water pollutant?

$200 Answer from And umm… Pollution Pathogen

$300 Question from And umm… Pollution Most of the pollutants in the ocean come from where?

$300 Answer from And umm… Pollution Activities on Land

$400 Question from And umm… Pollution The 1990 Oil Pollution Act requires what?

$400 Answer from And umm… Pollution Tankers in the U.S. waterways be double hulled by the year 2015.

$500 Question from And umm… Pollution Some communities have banned detergents containing high levels of phosphates because of what?

$500 Answer from And umm… Pollution Excessive phosphates in lakes may begin a process that causes fish to suffocate and die.

Final Jeopardy Most large cities get water for households and industries from what place?

Final Jeopardy Answer Where are lakes and rivers?