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Questions based on the Academic Decathlon 2024-2025 binder about Our Changing Climate.
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1
Define:
Symphony
a description of events or ideas portrayed by a programmatic composition
a short piece for an orchestra
an orchestral genre originating in the Classic period
an instrumental genre that juxtaposes an orchestra against a soloist
2
Which of the following costs is variable?
time
labor
rent
insurance
3
What is the current eon?
Phanerozoic
Archean
Hadean
Proterozoic
4
What kind of artwork is
Under Discussion
by Allora & Calzadilla?
photograph
sculpture
video
painting
5
Which research question is MOST appropriate for a scholar studying the history of climate and society?
What are the long-term consequences of air pollution on human health?
How do changing sea levels impact coastal cities?
What effect does climate change have on polar ice melt?
Do natural disasters influence revolutions?
6
What subject painted by Dutch artists in the seventeenth century led to a new genre of painting?
still life
landscapes
portraits
animals
7
How does the world human population interact with resource consumption?
Slowed pop. growth ensures that resource consumption will remain consistent
Despite slowing pop. growth, consumerism leads to increasing resource use
Growing populations require increasing amounts of finite resources
Increased focus on sustainable use balances out the effects of populations
8
Which event caused the "year without a summer"?
Solar flare
Meltwater event
Volcanic eruption
Commet impact
9
Define:
Fermata
a device that quiets or muffles an instrument's sound in some way
a symbol indicating that a note or silence should be played longer
a short piece for an orchestra
a transitional section added to many verse-chorus forms
10
In "The air smelled dirty," why MOST likely does the narrator's father leave western Pennsylvania?
Living in a coal mining town is difficult
He wishes to raise his children in the city
The smell of burning fuel has become to pungent
Mining is no longer a lucrative industry
11
What is the tragedy of the commons?
when firms create market barriers to reduce competition
when common goods are unprotected and fall under the control of a monopoly
a resource is jointly owned and no one takes responsibility for its overuse
when income is distributed unequally among citizens
12
According to Kent Monkman, what was the role of nineteenth-century paintings in the imagination of North America?
They were irrelevant to cultural history
They reflected diverse perspectives
They were a visual record of colonization
They celebrated Indigenous cultures
13
Which of the following individuals coined the term "Cli-Fi"?
Dan Bloom
Amitav Ghosh
Vandana Shiva
Stephanie LeMenager
14
In the painting
Fourth World,
what does the use of green camouflage by the depicted figures represent?
Indigenous cultural practice
fashion statement
historical accuracy
military disguise
15
The imagery of Romantic poetry is BEST described as
ornate
contemplative
rational
sublime
16
Define:
Absolute pitch
performance of a piece by someone other than the first performer
a composition that conveys a particular image without a programmatic story
the innate ability to identify pitches by name without using any reference
a synonym for "coda," frequently used in popular music
17
What is the primary desire behind Bonnie Devine's artistic projects, as described by Devine herself?
to create permanent art installations
to resist the notion of site possession
to examine the relationship of land to consciousness
to focus on environmental impact and politics
18
Using the data set of scores: {67, 78, 100, 94, 49, 38, 81}, find the mean to the nearest whole number
82
73
85
72
19
An observable natural phenomenon used to identify past climate conditions is a(n)...
artifact
proxy
concept
theory
20
What is the significance of the buffalo jump in Kent Monkman's
Fourth World
?
It alludes to the mass killing of bison
It signifies the end of the colonial era
It symbolizes Indigenous hunting traditions
It is an abstract element
21
Who took the photograph to which "Earthrise" alludes?
Bill Anders
Ansel Adams
James Lovell Jr.
Frank Borman
22
Which of the following goods has the HIGHEST price elasticity of demand?
olive oil
gasoline
Coca-Cola
milk
23
A narrative record will MOST likely describe a(n)...
hot day
environmental policy
snowfall forecast
carbon dioxide emission source
24
Which of the following actions would be considered pork barrel politics?
city officials using city funds to build a new public library
a politician agreeing to give support to a colleague in exchange for theirs
a politician promising to lower taxes to win support for an election
elected officials using federal funds to build a new city park
25
Which of the following is equivalent to 5!/0!?
None of the above
0
120
5!-1
26
Which of the following groups has provided the MOST funding for research and development in recent years?
state governments
non-profit organizations
universities
business
27
What is the subject of Will Wilson's photographic series "Survey"?
desert ecosystems
Indigenous cultures
military activities
contaminated lands
28
Define:
Virtuosic
an instruction to play a piece "delicately"
a rapid, sweeping glide up or down through the pitches of an instrument
a piece with a melancholy or sorrowful character
an adjective to describe technically challenging music
29
Which of the following examples is NOT scarce?
time
human knowledge
air
freshwater
30
Define:
Quintuplet
a group of five notes that occupy the same duration of time as four notes
a short note played as an embellishment just before a longer pitch
an adjective for something that is intended for religious practices
a short piece for an orchestra
31
Topography does NOT affect
material retention
erosion
parent material
landslides
32
Define:
Character piece
a composition that conveys an image without a programmatic storyline
a nineteenth-century ballroom couple's dance
description of the events or ideas portrayed by a programmatic composition
a short piece for an orchestra
33
Which statement BEST explains a limitation of using instrumental records?
They cover a relatively short period of time
They are often difficult to interpret
They are not widely accessible
They require complex technology to analyze
34
Which artist's work,
Cho-looke, the Yosemite Fall,
inspired the depiction of Yosemite Falls in Monkman's
Fourth World?
Thomas Moran
Thomas Hill
Albert Bierstadt
Richard Serra
35
What is the 100th odd number starting from 1?
203
99
201
197
36
Which of the following events inspired the plot of
Solar Storms
?
The Seveso Disaster
The Point Ellice Bridge Disaster
The James Bay Project
The Station Square Collapse
37
Multiply the polynomials (x+3) and (5y-3)
15xy-5x+8xy+3
5xy-3x+15y-9
15xy-3x+5y-9
5xy- 9x+15y+3
38
What is the meaning of the title
Land Mark
in the series of works by Allora & Calzadilla?
a location marker
a political manifesto
a destructive force
a temporary mark on land
39
List the first 4 terms of an arithmetic sequence with a first term of 3 and a common difference of 5
3, 8, 13, 18
3, 8, 13, 15
3, 15, 75, 375
0, 5, 10, 15, 20
40
Define:
Programmatic
a term for a piece of music without clearly repeated sections
instrumental music that conveys a sense of a specific storyline (no lyrics)
a melodic idea representing a particular person, object, or idea
a symbol indicating a note (or silence) should be sustained longer
41
The term "Meghalayan" originates from a(n)
Mountain
Ice sheet
Volcano
Cave
42
Which human activity contributes MOST to atmospheric carbon dioxide levels?
high-intensity agriculture
livestock farming
deforestation
fossil fuel combustion
43
Which of the following is a possible degree of a polynomial?
1/2
3
4/3
-1
44
Angel understands the legacy of settlers as being the removal of
spirit
tradition
history
nature
45
Define:
Call-and-response
a short piece for an orchestra
a single-line (monophonic) melody with religious text
an instrumental genre that juxtaposes an orchestra against a soloist
a technique where a small group plays a short motif that is answered
46
In Bonnie Devine's "Battle for the Woodlands," what does the painted map include?
colonial landmarks
habitat loss
animals
proper names
47
What animal is the subject of Tulik's creation story?
Beaver
Crow
Moose
Wolverine
48
Which field studies tree rings to determine weather patterns?
seismology
hydrology
glaciology
dendrochronology
49
A polynomial of the first degree is called a ______
Linear Polynomial
Quadratic Polynomial
Monomial
Binomial
50
The title of "Freeway 280" refers to an area near
Pittsburgh
Albuquerque
El Paso
San Jose
51
The word ANAGRAM has 7 letters. How many unique arrangements of the letters in ANAGRAM start with a consonant?
5,040
2,340
2,520
4,680
52
Which of these foundations partnered with a coalition of governments to provide vaccines for low-income countries?
The Carnegie Foundation
The Kellogg Foundation
The Gates Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation
53
Which pollution source is a point source?
suburban community
succession
fixation
oil refinery
54
Which step of the scientific method comes LAST?
replicate the experiment
confirm findings with a manipulation experiment
modify the hypothesis
present findings at a conference
55
Define:
Glissando
a short piece for an orchestra
an instrumental genre that juxtaposes an orchestra against a soloist
a rapic, sweeping glide up or down through the pitches of an instrument
a single-line (monophonic) melody with religious text
56
Where is most of Earth's freshwater found?
reservoirs
rivers
groundwater
the atmosphere
57
Which of the following trails does Dora-Rouge remember despite its absence from maps?
Million-Dollar Trail
Hundred-Year-Old Trail
Wolverine Trail
Poison Trail
58
All the following plants grew from Skywoman's daughter EXCEPT
tobacco
corn
strawberries
lentils
59
A government tax does NOT
lower producer surplus
create deadweight loss
lower consumer surplus
lead to crowding out
60
In
Solar Storms
, the dam construction ceases after a(n)
labor
court decision
act of arson
natural disaster
61
Compared to primary energy sources, electricity is BEST described as
abundant
inefficient
easily obtained
inexpensive
62
Before the invention of electric and gas stoves, families cooked their meals with all of the following fuels EXCEPT
peat
animal dung
turf
wax
63
Which term BEST describes algal growth from excess nitrogen and phosphorus?
nitrification
eutrophication
fixation
autotrophic growth
64
In the context of climate science, negative feedbacks will PRIMARILY...
moderate climate change
accelerate climate change
exacerbate extreme weather events
increase greenhouse gas emissions
65
What is the coefficient of the x^4 in the binomial (x-5)^5?
25
125
20
5
66
Why did average fuel efficiency drop in the 1990s?
More consumers preferred inefficient vehicles such as minivans
Gasoline companies sold lower-quality fuel
New vehicles had complex technology that required more fuel
New tariffs on imported cars led consumers to prefer domesticated cars
67
In an open economy, net exports are always equal to
investments
savings
net capital outflows
government spending
68
Using the data set: {5, 7, 3, 7, 4, 9, 7, 10, 2, 3, 8}, which of them is NOT an outlier?
3
10
8
9
69
Who FIRST included climate in the analysis of global history?
J.R. McNeill
E. Le Roy Ladurie
Eunice Newton Foote
Bert Bolin
70
Nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter form from
atmospheric reactions
soil erosion
dense vegetation
combustion
