Ecology Jeopardy

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Ecology Vocab– Question 100 An animal that only eats meat is known as a? A. Carnivore B. Herbivore C. Omnivore D. Decomposer

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Ecology Vocab – Question 200 An organism that makes its own food is known as a? A. Heterotroph B. Autotroph C. Carnivore D. Consumer

Ecology Vocab – Question 300 A group of zebras and cheetahs sitting together is known as a? A. Organism B. Population C. Community D. Ecosystem

Ecology Vocab– Question 400 The amount of organisms an environment can support is known as? A. Density Independent Factor B. Carrying Capacity C. Limiting Factor D. Logistic Growth

Ecology Vocab– Question 500 Levels which demonstrate the amount of energy present in a food web or food chain are known as? A. Carnivore Levels B. Autotrophic Levels C. Carrying Capacity D. Trophic Levels

Food Webs – Question 100 What do the arrows in a food web represent? A. What is Being Eaten B. Movement C. Energy Transfer D. Larger Biomass

Food Webs– Question 200 Which trophic level contains the most biomass? A. Autotrophs B. 2nd Order Heterotrophs C. 3rd Order Heterotrophs D. 4th Order Heterotrophs

Food Webs– Question 300 What trophic level is the raven on? A. Autotroph B. 3rd Order Heterotroph C. 1st Order Heterotroph D. 2nd Order Heterotroph

Food Webs– Question 400 What would happen to the frog population if the raven were removed from this food web? A. Pop. decrease B. Hops away C. Pop. increase D. Nothing

Food Webs– Question 500 Only 10% of energy is retained at each trophic level, the remaining 90% of the energy is lost as what? A. Heat B. Fat C. Water D. Nitrogen

Symbiotic Relationships– Question 100 If one organism benefits and the other is harmed (but not killed), what type of symbiotic relationship is this? A. Predator-Prey B. Commensalism C. Mutualism D. Parasitism

Symbiotic Relationships– Question 200 If one organism benefits, and the other is neither harmed nor benefits, what type of symbiotic relationship is this? A. Competition B. Commensalism C. Mutualism D. Parasitism

Symbiotic Relationships– Question 300 In Africa, a crocodile and a plover bird share a symbiotic relationship. The plover bird cleans parasites out of the crocodile’s teeth. This provides a plentiful food source for the plover bird. Name the relationship A. Mutualism B. Commensalism C. Parasitism D. Competition

Symbiotic Relationships– Question 400 The catalpa worm and the wasp are not friends. The wasp uses the catalpa worm as a host to lay its eggs in. Once developed, the infant wasps eat the catalpa worm. What type of relationship? A. Mutualism B. Commensalism C. Parasitism D. Predator-Prey

Symbiotic Relationships– Question 500 Gobies are a favorite food among predators in the ocean. Gobies survive by living amongst the poisonous quills of Sea Urchin’s in the ocean. The gobies have developed an immunity to the poison, so therefore are unharmed by the quills. What type of relationship? A. Parasitism B. Mutualism C. Competition D. Commensalism

Population Ecology– Question 100 What type of population growth is this? A. Logistic Growth B. Exponential Growth C. Carrying Capacity D. Stabilizing Growth

Population Ecology– Question 200 A flood is an example of what type of limiting factor? A. Density-Dependent Factor B. Non-Limiting Factor C. Carrying Capacity D. Density-Independent Factor

Population Ecology– Question 300 Why would a population be able to grow exponentially? A. Unlimited Resources B. More Predators C. Limited Resources D. Disease

Population Ecology– Question 400 Why will this population not grow above 500? A. Reached it’s growth factors B. Predators have all died C. Reached Carrying Capacity D. It will grow past 500

Population Ecology– Question 500 How could you increase an organisms carrying capacity? A. Increase Disease B. Limit Water Access C. Eliminate Predators D. Natural Disaster Occurs

Grab Bag– Question 100 Non-living factors are known as? A. Biotic Factors B. Growth Factors C. Abiotic Factor D. Rocks

Grab Bag– Question 200 Where does all of the energy in a food web come from? A. Autotrophs B. Heterotrophs C. The Sun D. Water

Grab Bag– Question 300 An example of a density dependent limiting factor would be… A. Tornado B. Food C. Flood D. Temperature

Grab Bag– Question 400 Which type of growth is more realistic, exponential or logistic growth? Explain why. A. Exponential-Limiting factors occur B. Exponential- Unlimited resources C. Logistic-Unlimited resources D. Logistic-Limiting factors occur

Grab Bag– Question 500 Why are there fewer organisms found in the 3rd and 4th trophic levels, than the 1st or 2nd? A. Too much energy to support them B. Not enough energy to support them C. The 3rd level eats the 4th level D. 4th level is limited by disease

Ecology Jeopardy