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PANTHERS OFFENSE
I AM THE MARTIAN
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Final Jeopardy

2. $100 I AM THE MARTIAN Which of the following is not a vector?
a. soil b. ticks
c. rock d. mosquitoes

3. $200 I AM THE MARTIAN
In order to predict and prevent the spread of disease, scientists use all of the following except
a. human trials b. computer models
c. bioremediation d. cell cultures

4. $300 I AM THE MARTIAN
Animal research has led to all of the following medical advancements except
a. brain transplants from owls
b. insulin from dogs
c. rabies vaccine from rats
d. eye transplants from rabbits

5. $400 I AM THE MARTIAN
Public health officials keep our food safe by doing all of the following except
a. conducting food taste tests
b. provide sanitation grades for restaurants
c. promoting good hygiene
d. promoting use of antimicrobial chemicals

6. $500 I AM THE MARTIAN Industrial microbiologists
a. provide quality control in preventing the growth of bacteria and the spoilage of food
b. produce pharmaceuticals to treat and prevent the spread of disease
c. are not concerned with public health
d. both a and b

7. $100 ROLL TIDE (ha ha)
A tick bites a deer that is carrying Lyme Disease. While you are walking through the garden picking pansies and daisies, that same tick attaches to your scalp and you discover it attached TO YOU three days later. The following week, you are feeling awful, you go to a doctor, and he tells you that you have Lyme Disease. Because the tick passed the disease from one species to another, the tick is called a
a. carrier b. pathogen c. vector d. host

8. $200 ROLL TIDE (ha ha)
Exposure to the chemical benzene had been proven to cause cancer in humans. Cancer is a disease that causes one’s cells to mutate and grow uncontrollably. Therefore, benzene is a(n) _______________
a disease c enzyme.
b pathogen d mutagen.

9. $300 ROLL TIDE
Mistletoe grows on trees and sucks the food and water out of the upper branches of a tree. The tree gets no benefit from the presence of mistletoe and is actually harmed because it robs the tree of food and water. Mistletoe is a _____________
a disease c parasite.
b pathogen. d mutagen.

10. $400 ROLL TIDE
Bacteria was used in 1989 to clean up the disastrous oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The bacteria consumed the oil on the beaches and made the toxic oil products completely harmless. This was the first big use of bacteria for
a. genetic engineering c. bioremediation
b. bacterial cloning d. antibiotics

11. $500 ROLL TIDE
H1N1 influenza, also known as the swine flu, was labeled a pandemic. It infected humans beginning in the spring of 2009 and was declared over by the end of August 2010.How is this disease different than the normal seasonal flu we hear about every year?
A. Pandemics affect people worldwide on more than one continent while seasonal flu is a normal small-scale illness each year.
B. Pandemics affect small groups of individuals in one town, whereas seasonal flu affects thousands of people nationwide each year.
C. Pandemics rarely kill any people, whereas seasonal flu has a high death rate, killing up to 15% of those who catch it each year.
D. Pandemics are not highly contagious while the seasonal flu spreads easily and needs to be contained carefully.

12. $100 CHOKING HAZARD? PANTHERS OFFENSE
Which of the following is NOT alive?
a. fungi
b. protists
c. bacteria
d. virus

13. $200 CHOKING HAZARD? PANTHERS OFFENSE
The bubonic plague was caused by a
a. fungi
b. protists
c. bacteria
d. virus

14. $300 CHOKING HAZARD? PANTHERS OFFENSE
Which of the following is not a type of kinetic energy?
mechanical
chemical
electrical
magnetic

15. $400 CHOKING HAZARD? PANTHERS OFFENSE
Which of the following is not true of electromagnetic energy?
a. it is part of the electromagnetic spectrum b. it is energy stored in chemical bonds
c. it includes visible light d. it is released into space from stars

16. $500 CHOKING HAZARD? PANTHERS OFFENSE
Which of these is not a form of chemical energy?
food
fuel
heat
batteries

17. $100 S’UP?
Which of these is not a method of obtaining energy from the Earth?
trapping
mining
harvesting
drilling

18. $200 S’UP? Harvesting is part of generating electricity using
geothermal
solar farms
biomass
wind farms

19. $300 S’UP?
Which of the following do we not harvest for generating energy?
a. sugarcane b. fish c. wood d. corn

20. $400 S’UP?
Which of the following is NOT an environmental impact of harvesting and deforestation?
a decrease in carbon dioxide in our atmosphere
loss of habitat and loss of species
c. increased sediment in streams
d. erosion of topsoil layer making ground unsuitable for farming

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Mining has huge environmental impacts that include which of the following
increased oxygen levels
pollution of soil, groundwater, and surface water
c. increase in animal populations
d. decrease in jobs in that area

22. $100 HAIL TO THE PRESIDENT
Which of these is not an environmental concern of fracking?
a. Depletion of water supplies due to the large amounts (millions of gallons) used in injecting the wells
b. Ground water contamination due to chemicals that are injected
c. increased supply of oxygen to plants and animals
d. Concerns over causing seismic activity (mini-earthquakes)

23. $200 HAIL TO THE PRESIDENT
Energy resources that form from the buried remains of plants and animals
a. renewable resource
b. nonrenewable resource
c. geothermal energy
d. fossil fuels
e. electric generator

24. $300 HAIL TO THE PRESIDENT!
Machine that converts chemical energy in fossil fuels into electric energy
a. renewable resource
b. nonrenewable resource
c. geothermal energy
d. fossil fuels
e. electric generator

25. $400 HAIL TO THE PRESIDENT
Reprocessing a resource so that the materials can be used to make new products
a. conservation c. reusing
b. reducing d. recycling

26. $500 HAIL TO THE PRESIDENT!
WASHING A GLASS INSTEAD OF USING PLASTIC THROW AWAY CUPS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT TYPE OF CONSERVATION?
a. REUSE c. REBEL
b. RECYCLE d. REDUCE

27. Answer I AM THE MARTIAN S’UP C A C A B D CHOKING HAZARD D C B
ROLL TIDE C D A
PRESIDENT C D E A

28. Final Jeopardy
RIDING A BIKE TO WORK INSTEAD OF DRIVING A CAR IS AN EXAMPLE OF
a. RECYCLING c. REUSING
b. REDUCING d. ALL OF THE ABOVE

29. Final Jeopardy Answer B