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$100 Question: LA pollution

Where are two places near LA that are polluted?

$100 Answer: LA pollution

Lake PontchartrainGulf of Mexico

$200 Question: LA pollution

What are two source of pollution in Lake Pontchartrain?

$200 Answer: LA pollution

LitterSewage

Cow manureFertilizer

$300 Question: LA pollution

What are two negative impacts of pollution in

Lake Pontchartrain

$300 Answer: LA pollution

Beaches closedIncreased 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

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$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 cancerOr

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 signedORMade releasing ALL CFC levels illegal

$100 Question: Acid Rain

What chemical results in acid rain?

$100 Answer: Acid Rain

SO2

$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 soilKills plantsDestroys buildingsDisrupts water ecosystems

$500 Question: Acid Rain

ILLUSTRATE how acid rain begins with air pollution and spreads to water/land

pollution

$500 Answer: Acid Rain

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$100 Question: Nitrogen

Where are three places where nitrogen is found?

$100 Answer: Nitrogen

SoilPlants

AnimalsAtmosphere

$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 CO2, 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