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The template for “This is Jeopardy” was downloaded
from www.NewYorkScienceTeacher.com .
The questions and answers were modified to be used
with Tropical Rainforest IMAX.
Many definitions and questions are from New York
State Grade 8 Intermediate-Level Science Test by
Edward J. Denecke, Jr., M.A., copyright 2000 by
Barrow’s Educational Series, Inc.
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Vegetation
Ecosystem
Meteorology
Survival
Evolution
Careers
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the transfer of pollen to the
sticky pad at the top of the
pistil (stigma)
Movie: Birds feed off the
different fruits and flowers
and spread seeds and
pollen across the forest.
A 100
What is pollination?
A 100
the raw materials used by green
plants for photosynthesis
A 200
What are carbon dioxide
and water?
A 200
Carbon dioxide in the air lets
sunlight pass through to Earth’s
surface and warm it, but blocks
heat rays from escaping.
A 300
What is the
greenhouse effect?
A 300
Destroying forests results
in less carbon dioxide used
by plants, contributing to a
serious problem for the
Earth.
A 400
What is global warming?
A 400
the process by which plants release
water from their leaves
Movie: One airborne scientist said
“Sometimes the _______ from the
leaves of the forest makes it seem
like it’s raining up instead of down.
Everything is incredibly wet.”
A 500
What is transpiration?
A 500
sum of all external conditions
affecting the life, development
and survival of an organism
B 100
What is environment?
B 100
dead plants and animal wastes are
broken down by these
Movie: When a tree falls, termites
quickly go to work and soon the
forest floor reclaims what it
supplied as everything recycles
through the system.
B 200
What is a decomposer?
B 200
all the organisms living together
When a partially rotted log was
turned over, fungi, termites, bugs,
ants, slugs, and earthworms were
found to be living in and around it.
Together, these organisms represent
a _________.
B 300
What is a community?
B 300
a relationship in which both species
benefit from the presence of the other
Movie: One type of ant harvests
leaves as food for fungus. As it
grows, the fungus breaks the leaves
down, converting it to food for ants.
B 400
What is mutualism?
B 400
a relationship in which one species
benefits and the other is unaffected
Movie: Orchids (epiphytes) grow on
large tropical trees and derive
moisture and nutrients from the air
and rain. The orchids depend on
the support given by the trees but
do not harm the trees.
B 500
What is commensalism?
B 500
the main factor affecting a region’s
weather patterns
Movie: Every day since time on
Earth began, the Sun has traced a
beam of energy and heat – a band –
around the Earth’s equator.
C 100
What is latitude?
C 100
the amount of water vapor in the air
Note: water vapor is a colorless,
odorless gas.
C 200
What is humidity?
C 200
the process in which rising warm air
cools and condenses, causing water
vapor to change to dew
Movie: In the morning, moist and
Sun-warmed air starts rising, prelude
to the midday clouds, and every
afternoon the rain descends …
C 300
What is condensation?
C 300
DAILY
Place A Wager
DOUBLE
C 400
solid particles suspended in the air
such as dust or smoke provide
surfaces for dew and water droplets
to form on
Clouds are made of a great many of
these tiny droplets.
C 400
What are condensation nuclei?
C 400
In the process of condensation,
water vapor changes to dew
when it cools to its
__________ __________.
C 50
What is dew point?
C 500
the process by which an
organism moves
D 100
What is locomotion?
D 100
animals that are active at night
D 200
What are nocturnal?
D 200
hiding or disguising by
changing appearance
Movie: Many creatures blend
in with their backgrounds.
D 300
What is camouflage?
D 300
Tree-logging causes the death of
animals living in the forests.
Species which no humans have
ever seen are driven to _________
every day.
D 400
What is extinction?
D 400
organisms that feed on plants
D 500
What are herbivores?
D 500
characteristics often
shared by family members
E 100
What are traits?
E 100
an organism born with a trait that
none of its ancestors have
E 200
What is a mutation?
E 200
the idea that life began with very
primitive life forms that have, over
time, changed into all the different
types of organisms on Earth today
E 300
What is the Theory of Evolution?
E 300
a genetic change that occurs that
makes a species more likely to
survive in a given environment
Movie: Each individual is, by random
chance, just marginally different from
its parents. Just occasionally the
variations prove a slight advantage
for survival.
E 400
What is adaptation?
E 400
Individuals with traits better adapted to
the environment are more likely to
survive and reproduce, thereby passing
on the more successful traits.
Movie: Those with an advantage tend
to thrive, while other lines die out. They
don’t succeed.
Example: An animal tends to attack and
kill animals that are weak rather than
those that are strong.
E 500
What is natural selection?
E 500
a scientist who studies living
organisms and life processes
F 100
What is a biologist?
F 100
a scientist dealing with the
study of animal life
F 200
What is a zoologist?
F 200
a scientist dealing with the
study of plant life
F 300
What is a botanist?
F 300
a scientist who studies the
composition, structure and
properties of matter
F 400
What is a chemist?
F 400
a scientist who studies
insects
F 500
What is an entomologist?
F 500
Final Jeopardy
Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Queensland,
Thailand, Burma, India, Madagascar,
Congo, Cameroon, the Amazon, and
the Central Isthmus of America
Where are the tropical rainforests
on Earth?
Thank You for Playing Jeopardy!
GOOD LUCK TOMORROW ON
YOUR EXAM!
Questions and answers provided by Kathleen McCarty.
Email: [email protected]