Jeopardy LA PollutionOzone Hole Acid Rain Nitrogen Lagniappe Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question: LA pollution Where are two places near LA that are polluted?

$100 Answer: LA pollution Lake Pontchartrain Gulf of Mexico

$200 Question: LA pollution What are two source of pollution in Lake Pontchartrain?

$200 Answer: LA pollution Litter Sewage Cow manure Fertilizer

$300 Question: LA pollution What are two negative impacts of pollution in Lake Pontchartrain

$300 Answer: LA pollution Beaches closed Increased algae Dead fish

$400 Question: LA pollution What is meant by the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone? Mention oxygen in your answer!

$400 Answer: LA pollution An area that has no oxygen because fertilizer has washed into the area, which results in no life

$500 Question: LA pollution Describe one way that the people of LA could decrease the amount of pollution that is in the area.

$500 Answer: LA pollution Many answers!

$100 Question: Ozone What chemical causes a depletion in ozone?

$100 Answer: Ozone CFCs

$200 Question: Ozone What human activity results in the ozone hole (release of the pollution that creates the ozone hole)?

$200 Answer: Ozone Production of refrigerators, aerosol cans and air conditioners

$300 Question: Ozone CFC levels result in the depletion of the ozone layer. What is one negative consequence?

$300 Answer: Ozone Increase in skin cancer Or Increase in UV-B radiation

$400 Question: Ozone What is currently happening to the CFC level around the world? Why?

$400 Answer: Ozone CFCs are decreasing because a law was passed (Montreal Protocol), making CFC release illegal

$500 Question: Ozone Describe one characteristic of the Montreal Protocol that made it so successful in eliminating CFCs

$500 Answer: Ozone Large number of countries signed OR Made releasing ALL CFC levels illegal

$100 Question: Acid Rain What chemical results in acid rain?

$100 Answer: Acid Rain SO 2

$200 Question: Acid Rain What are humans doing to produce acid rain?

$200 Answer: Acid Rain Burning fossil fuels in factories

$300 Question: Acid Rain What is pH?

$300 Answer: Acid Rain Measures how acidic something is

$400 Question: Acid Rain What are TWO negative consequences of acid rain?

$400 Answer: Acid Rain Leaches nutrients from soil Kills plants Destroys buildings Disrupts water ecosystems

$500 Question: Acid Rain ILLUSTRATE how acid rain begins with air pollution and spreads to water/land pollution

$500 Answer: Acid Rain

$100 Question: Nitrogen Where are three places where nitrogen is found?

$100 Answer: Nitrogen Soil Plants Animals Atmosphere

$200 Question: Nitrogen What is the process that removes nitrogen from the atmosphere and puts into the environment?

$200 Answer: Nitrogen Nitrogen fixation

$300 Question: Nitrogen How are humans disrupting the nitrogen cycle?

$300 Answer: Nitrogen Making fertilizer and adding to fertilizer

$400 Question: Nitrogen What is one consequence of extra fertilizer that runs into the water?

$400 Answer: Nitrogen Low oxygen levels Dead fish Overgrowth of algae

$500 Question: Nitrogen Illustrate how fertilizer can spread to water pollution.

$500 Answer: Nitrogen

$100 Question: Lagniappe How do gasoline- powered cars contribute to global warming?

$100 Answer: Lagniappe Exhaust releases CO 2, which traps heat in atmosphere

$200 Question: Lagniappe Identify three different renewable sources of electricity

$200 Answer: Lagniappe Hydropower, wind power, solar power

$300 Question: Lagniappe Describe how land pollution can contaminate water

$300 Answer: Lagniappe Agricultural runoff. Fertilizer is put on land, rain washes into rivers and streams

$400 Question: Lagniappe Describe the difference between command and control and cap and trade pollution regulation

$400 Answer: Lagniappe Command and control: Strict rules on the amount of pollution that can be released Cap and trade: A “cap” of pollution is set and companies can buy and sell pollution credits

$500 Question: Lagniappe Describe how an organism can be affected by pollution without being directly exposed.

$500 Answer: Lagniappe An organism can eat an organism that is exposed to pollution. Pollution builds in organisms

Final Jeopardy Explain one advantage of the cap and trade system

Final Jeopardy Answer Buying and selling pollution credits is flexible for companies with different needs Makes pollution control cheaper