Transcript Civics – Unit 1 Jeopardy

Grade 9 Geography – Unit 1 – State of the World – Global Warming
Ecological
Footprint
Greenhouse
Effect
Carbon Cycle
Definitions
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What is
the average
Canadian Ecological
Footprint?
The maximum population size
that can be regularly
sustained by an environment
What is
Carrying Capacity?
The area of land required to
provide the resources
consumed by an individual,
city or nation.
What is
Ecological Footprint?
Society's demand
on nature is in balance
with nature's capacity
to meet that demand.
What is Sustainability?
Transportation, shelter, food,
waste and water use
What are the elements of
Ecological Footprint?
CO2, CH4, O3 and N2O
What are
Greenhouse Gases?
Source of radiation (heat).
What is the Sun?
It is caused by humans
activities emitting too much
greenhouse gases
What is
Enhanced Greenhouse
Effect?
The unit describing the
concentration of CO2 in the
atmosphere.
What is
Parts per Million per Volume
(ppmv)?
Long wave radiation that is
reflected from Earth into the
atmosphere.
What is
infrared radiation?
Green plants absorb CO2 from
the atmosphere and use it to
manufacture plant fibres,
starches and sugars
What is
photosynthesis?
People, bacteria, plants and
fungi.
What are
sources of carbon dioxide?
The amount of carbon in the
Earth’s atmosphere.
What is trace?
Many people incorrectly
believe it is only caused by
humans.
What is
Global Warming?
Most atmospheric pollution
(e.g., CO2, CH4,
hydrocarbons) stays within
this layer of the atmosphere
What is
the troposphere?
A reservoir that absorbs or
takes up released carbon
from other parts of the carbon
cycle
What is a Carbon Sink?
A reservoir that absorbs or
takes up released carbon
from other parts of the carbon
cycle
What is
Carbon Fixation?
Oil, coal and natural gas that
originates from decayed
plants and animals.
What is a Fossil Fuel?
A resource that can be used
continuously without being
completely depleted because
it regenerates itself
What is a
Renewable Resource?
A human intervention to
reduce the sources or
enhance the sinks of
greenhouse gases
What is Mitigation?
The process of change to
better conform with
environmental conditions
or other external stimuli.
What is adaptation?
The average household water
consumption by one
person in Canada each
day?
What is 300 L?
A financial or economic
incentive to get emission
to the lowest possible
level to make money.
What is
Carbon Trading?
The percentage of
Canada’s population living
in the Great Lakes Basin?
What is 25%?
The Earth’s temperature
without the Greenhouse
Effect
What is -18OC