Jeopardy

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Jeopardy!
1Endurance Expedition
3Kyoto Protocol the Antarctic Treaty
2Climate Change
4Location
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Shackleton and his team wanted to be the first to
achieve this during the Endurance expedition.
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The first person to reach the South Pole in
December 1911 was this man.
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Ultimately the items that were most important to
Shackleton and his crew were the.
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DAILY DOUBLE!!!
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Shackletons group ended up being the first to
land on Elephant Island and achieved another
first.
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This ship was to have picked up Shackleton and
his transcontinental explorers from the Ross Sea.
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Burning fossil fuels such as these (give 2) is
the primary cause of the enhanced greenhouse
effect.
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With less than 5 of the worlds population, the
U.S. is responsible for this percentage of
worldwide carbon dioxide emissions.
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The Kyoto Protocol intends to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions by requiring member countries to do
what? (be specific)
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The developing country that has become the second
largest consumer of petroleum and is causing
greater levels of carbon emissions is this one.
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The amount of carbon in the atmosphere has
increased dramatically-30-in the past 150 years
since this movement/historical time period.
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Today, several countries have permanent stations
in Antarctica for this purpose.
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These two activities were specifically banned
from the remote continent of Antarctica by the
Antarctic Treaty.
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The Kyoto Protocol required these types of
countries to reduce their carbon emissions
drastically b/c they were primarily responsible
for global warming.
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Critics say changing our current use of energy
would be prohibitively (very) expensive.
Proponents believe it would be good for the
economy because of this.
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ICEBERG!! You lose half of your points!
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Lines of longitude measure this.
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If the sun is directly overhead at the Tropic of
Capricorn, Argentinians are experiencing this
season.
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This continent lies at 35 degrees south and 140
degrees east.
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The Earths seasons are caused by these two
things.
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DAILY DOUBLE!!!
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Final Jeopardy
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The degree of a line of latitude is determined by
this.
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In the 1960s, one of the Soviet Unions greatest
espionage successes was Operation Rubin which
involved the planting of radio microphones, or
bugs, at the British Embassy in Beirut. What
kind of worker at the embassy did they get to
plant the bugs?
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To cross the continent from sea to sea via the
south pole.
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The Norwegian Roald Amundsen
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The lifeboats.
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The first to trek across South Georgia Island.
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The Aurora.
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Coal, oil (petroleum, gasoline), natural gas
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25 .
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Cap emissions levels at at least 5 of 1990
levels.
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China
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The Industrial Revolution.
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To conduct scientific research.
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Disposal of radioactive waste and military
testing.
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Developed countries.
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New technologies would spur economic growth.
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The Falcon and the Snowman
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Distances east and west of the Prime Meridian.
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Summer
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Australia
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The revolution of the Earth around the Sun and
the tilt of the Earths axis at 23.5 degrees.
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The angle that it makes with the earths equator
if a line was drawn out from the earths core.
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The maid