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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
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$100 Question from Splish Photosynthetic organisms are found
mainly in shallow water due to the availability of what?
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$100 Answer from Splish Sunlight
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$200 Question from Splish The largest watershed in the United States
is what river?
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$200 Answer from Splish The Mississippi River
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$300 Question from Splish Mangrove swamps provide breeding and feeding grounds for roughly _________ animal species.
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$300 Answer from Splish 2, 000
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$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
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$400 Answer from Splish Increasing runoff
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$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.
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$500 Answer from Splish Rivers generally move faster as
they reach the ocean.
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$100 Question from Kersploosh
Water __________ sunlight; thus photosynthesis in lakes and oceans does not occur below 100 meters.
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$100 Answer from Kersploosh
Absorbs
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$200 Question from Kersploosh
In the _________ zone, the water is cool and dark.
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$200 Answer from Kersploosh
Benthic
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$300 Question from Kersploosh
In the ____________ zone, aquatic life is diverse and abundant.
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$300 Answer from Kersploosh
Littoral
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$400 Question from Kersploosh
What distinguishes nekton from benthos?
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$400 Answer from Kersploosh
One swims freely and the other often lives attached to a hard surface.
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$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
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$500 Answer from Kersploosh
All of the above
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$100 Question from Drippity
Three percent of the world’s water resources are found as what?
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$100 Answer from Drippity Fresh Water
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$200 Question from Drippity
An inexpensive solution to providing more fresh water is what?
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$200 Answer from Drippity Water Conservation
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$300 Question from Drippity
How is fresh water used in industry? Give the 3 answers seperately.
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$300 Answer from Drippity Manufacturing processes
Disposal of waste products Generate power
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$400 Question from Drippity
What causes most coastal pollution in the United States?
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$400 Answer from Drippity Industrial waste and sewage
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$500 Question from Drippity
Which factor is not an important advantage for aquatic organisms living near the surface of a lake or pond?
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$500 Answer from Drippity Presence of decomposing organisms
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$100 Question from Kaplunk
Estuaries are extremely productive ecosystems because they continually receive fresh nutrients from _______ and ________.
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$100 Answer from Kaplunk Rivers and Oceans
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$200 Question from Kaplunk
In an estuary, when fresh water meets salt water, currents for and cause what?
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$200 Answer from Kaplunk Nutrients to fall to the bottom.
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$300 Question from Kaplunk
What is not characteristic of salt marshes and mangrove swamps?
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$300 Answer from Kaplunk Both are dominated by marsh grasses.
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$400 Question from Kaplunk
Which aquatic ecosystem is adversely affected by runoff? (Give all 3 answers seperately.)
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$400 Answer from Kaplunk Oceans, Rivers, and estuaries.
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$500 Question from Kaplunk
Most pollutants that enter estuaries break down over time, yet they are still considered a problem because of what?
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$500 Answer from Kaplunk It is the volume of the pollutants,
more than the time factor, that harms estuaries.
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$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?
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$100 Answer from And umm… Pollution
Point-source pollution
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$200 Question from And umm… Pollution
Parasitic worms would be classified as which type of water pollutant?
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$200 Answer from And umm… Pollution
Pathogen
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$300 Question from And umm… Pollution
Most of the pollutants in the ocean come from where?
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$300 Answer from And umm… Pollution
Activities on Land
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$400 Question from And umm… Pollution
The 1990 Oil Pollution Act requires what?
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$400 Answer from And umm… Pollution
Tankers in the U.S. waterways be double hulled by the year 2015.
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$500 Question from And umm… Pollution
Some communities have banned detergents containing high levels of phosphates because of what?
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$500 Answer from And umm… Pollution
Excessive phosphates in lakes may begin a process that causes fish to suffocate and die.
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Final Jeopardy Most large cities get water for households
and industries from what place?
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Final Jeopardy Answer Where are lakes and rivers?
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