Ecology Jeopardy

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Final Jeopardy Question

6 0 Organism 1 2 3 4 5 10 Point Question What is the simplest or lowest level of ecological organization? Back to the Game Board

Ecology 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 20 Point Question The study of the interactions between organisms and between organisms and their environment Back to the Game Board

6 0 1 2 3 4 5 30 Point Question • Organism, population, community, • ecosystem, biome, biosphere List the 6 levels of ecological organization in order from smallest (simplest) to largest (most complex) Back to the Game Board

Ecosystem 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 40 Point Question What is the simplest/lowest level of ecological organization that includes both biotic and abiotic factors? Back to the Game Board

6 0 1 2 3 4 5 The Sun 10 Point Question What is the primary source of energy in most ecosystems? Back to the Game Board

Decomposers 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 20 Point Question __________ break down dead and decaying matter and return nutrients to the environment. They act as nature’s recyclers. Back to the Game Board

6 0 Autotroph makes its own food while heterotroph must obtain food from another source. Examples will vary 1 2 3 4 5 30 Point Question Describe autotrophs and heterotrophs and give an example of each. Back to the Game Board

1-autotrophs or producers, 2-primary consumers or herbivores, 3-secondary consumers or carnivores, or top carnivore examples will vary 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 40 Point Question Describe the organisms located at trophic levels 1-3 of a food chain and give an example for each. Back to the Game Board

6 0 Five 1 2 3 4 5 10 Point Question How many trophic levels are in the food chain below? Back to the Game Board

6 0 Homeostasis 1 2 3 4 5 20 Point Question When an organism keeps internal conditions balanced or stable is- Back to the Game Board

6 0 Primary succession 1 2 3 4 5 30 Point Question Which of the two types of succession typically takes longer? Back to the Game Board

6 0 1 2 3 4 5 Photosynthesis, respiration and decomposition 40 Point Question What are the three processes that transfer carbon on earth? Back to the Game Board

6 0 1 2 3 4 5 Mutualism is an interaction where both organisms benefit. Ex’s will vary 10 Point Question Define mutualism and give an example. Back to the Game Board

Heat 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 20 Point Question Only about 10% of energy stored in a organism is transferred to the next trophic level. The remaining energy is used or lost to the environment in the form of _______ . Back to the Game Board

In parasitism, the host is not killed right away (and sometimes not at all) while in predation the prey is killed. 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 30 Point Question What is the difference between predation and parasitism? Back to the Game Board

Many possible answers! For example-Grasshoppers & bugs might increase, then cause the grass to decrease, snakes might be slightly affected if # of mice was not plentiful 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 40 Point Question If the population of frogs in the food web to the left drastically decreased, which other organisms could be affected and how? Back to the Game Board

In an area where no soil existed before, for example after a lava flow and a new surface is created. 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 10 Point Question Under what circumstances can primary succession take place? Back to the Game Board

6 0 Primary occurs where soil did not exist before, while Secondary occurs where soil did exist before. 1 2 3 4 5 20 Point Question What is the difference between primary and secondary succession Back to the Game Board

Pioneer species, ex lichens and moss 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 30 Point Question What is the name of the organisms that arrive first during primary succession. Give an example Back to the Game Board

6 0 Biotic-living components; insects, overgrazing by animals Abiotic-nonliving components; fire, natural disaster 1 2 3 4 5 40 Point Question Define Biotic and Abiotic and give examples of each type of factor that can cause change in a community. Back to the Game Board

Ecology Jeopardy