Ecology Jeopardy Directions

Ecology Jeopardy Directions • In Jeopardy, remember the answer is in the form of a question. • Select a question by clicking on it. • After reading the question click on the word “answer” on the bottom of the screen. • After seeing the answer click on the picture of Alex Trebec to return to the question board. • Keep track of score with your partner. • Play the final Jeopardy question together betting with the points you have each earned. Click here to begin.

Ecology Chapter 1 Jeopardy Types of Interactions Energy Connection Organization in the Environment Food Chains and Food Webs Symbiosis Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question The word that describes the fish, birds, mammals, and plants that live in an environment.

$100 Answer What is biotic?

$200 Question This word describes the members of one species in an area.

$200 Answer What is population?

$300 Question This is the part of Earth where life exists.

$300 Answer What is the biosphere?

$400 Question This word describes the nonliving part of the environment.

$400 Answer What is abiotic?

$500 Question This is the study of the interactions of living organisms with each other and the environment.

$500 Answer What is ecology?

$100 Question An organism that eats only animals

$100 Answer What is a carnivore?

$200 Question An organism that eats only plants

$200 Answer What is an herbivore?

$300 Question An organism that eats both plants and animals

$300 Answer What is an omnivore?

$400 Question A plant that gains energy from the sun is an example of this…

$400 Answer What is a producer?

$500 Question Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores are all…

$500 Answer What are consumers?

$100 Question This word describes a simple diagram with arrows showing energy flow from grass, to a rabbit, to a fox.

$100 Answer What is a food chain?

$200 Question In a food web, this animal has an arrow pointing towards them.

$200 Answer The animal that is gaining energy by eating.

$300 Question This describes the diagram that shows how energy in food flows from one organism to another.

$300 Answer What is a food chain?

$400 Question This describes a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem.

$400 Answer What is a food web?

$500 Question A food web arrow goes from a mouse to an owl, showing that…

$500 Answer The owl eats the mouse

$100 Question When a population is too large, this becomes a limiting factor.

$100 Answer What is food?

$200 Question This is the largest population an environment can support.

$200 Answer What is carrying capacity?

$300 Question These determine an area’s carrying capacity because animals need resources to survive.

$300 Answer What are limiting factors?

$400 Question Starvation, hunting, accidents, harsh weather conditions, and diseases are all examples of these.

$400 Answer What are limiting factors?

$500 Question This happens to other species when one species disappears.

$500 Answer The other species in the ecosystem are thrown out of balance.

$100 Question This describes a relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other

$100 Answer What is symbiosis?

$200 Question This is a relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed

$200 Answer What is parasitism?

$300 Question This is a relationship between two species in which both species benefit.

$300 Answer What is mutualism?

$400 Question This is a relationship between two organisms in which one benefits and the other is not affected

$400 Answer What is commensalism?

Ecology Jeopardy Directions