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Water
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Double Jeopardy
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Chemical contaminants found in the polluted
waters in lake Apopka effected the development of
alligators.
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What is a endocrine disruptor?
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Ultraviolet light exposure effects a cell in this
way.
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What is causes DNA to mutate or causes cancer?
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A reason lead poisoning has decrease since the
late 1970s.
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What is banning of lead paint or no more leaded
gasoline?
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DDTs level increases as it moves up the food
chain.
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What is biomagnification?
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She wrote Silent Spring.
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Who is Rachel Carson?
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The large supercontinent that existed 225 mya.
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What is Pangeae?
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A spreading center where plates diverge.
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What is a ridge?
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Volcanic eruptions, underwater landslides,
earthquakes, and meteor impact in the ocean can
trigger this destructive force.
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What is a tsunami?
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A mineral used in capacitors and electronic
devices like your cell phone.
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What is Tantalite?
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Portions of ore leftover after the minerals have
been extracted.
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What are tailings?
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Groundwater stored within porous, sponge-like
formations of rock, sand or gravel.
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What is an aquifer?
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The Army Corp of Engineers constructs these to
control floods.
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What is a dike or levee?
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The Colorado River exits into this Gulf.
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What is the California Gulf?
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Landscaping using plants adapted to arid
conditions.
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What is xeriscaping?
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The most destructive bottom fishing method.
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What is bottom trawling?
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Fishing is prohibited in Hanauma Bay. It is
classified as this.
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What is a MPA, marine reserve, marine life
conservation district?
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Toxic algae that grows in large amounts and can
cause illness and death in animals further up the
food chain.
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What is a Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB)?
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A process of desalination that evaporates
seawater, condenses and collects it.
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What is distillation?
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Organisms living near hydrothermal vents rely on
this primary producer for food or symbiosis.
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What is chemosynthetic bacteria or archaebacteria?
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The most productive oceanic ecosystem.
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What are coral reefs?
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The air we breath is found at this atmospheric
layer
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What is the troposphere?
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Two molecules that contribute to acid rain.
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What is NOx (nitrous oxide) and SO4 (sulfur
dioxide)?
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A chemical that contributed to the ozone hole
over the Antarctic.
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What is Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)?
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Sunlight reacting with a mix of atmospheric
chemicals cause this brownish haze to form.
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What is photochemical smog?
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A large concentration of marine debris in the
North Pacific Ocean.
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What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch ?