Transcript Pond Jeapardy Quiz Review

Hosted
Tabin Vrbin
Fabulous
Fun
Frisky
A
A
A
A
B
B
B
B
C
C
C
C
D
D
D
D
E
E
E
E
Joey O.C.
What is a BIOFILTER
A system that uses LIVE microrganisms
and their enzymes to filter waste
from the surroundings is called a(n)
Row 1, Col 1
(What is False: Materials such as atoms are recycled.)
True or False:
Energy is recycled in an ecosystem.
1,2
What is precipitation?
Adding water to your ecosystem
Simulated what part of the water
Cycle?
1,3
What are nitrates and phosphates?
A sudden increase in plant biomass
Is most likely due to an increase in
what two nutrients?
1,4
What are plants/algae?
Adding what organisms would
Quickly reduce the amount of excess
Nitrate or phosphate in a pond ecosytem?
2,1
What is phosphorus?
Which nutrient cycle does not have
An atmospheric gas phase?
2,2
What are nitrate, nitrate, ammonia, pH, temp, water
clarity, ect?
List three abiotic factors monitored
in your pond ecosystem:
2,3
What are plants/algae???
What organism is your primary producer
In the pond ecosytem?
2,4
What is nitrate (and nitrogen gas)?
What form of nitrogen is non-toxic
To your fish?
3,1
What is acid (carbonic acid)?
When carbon dioxide dissolves in
Water, an ______ is formed that
Lowers the pH.
3,2
What is true?
True or False:
The bacteria responsible for the nitrogen
Cycle in the pond ecosystem are
Aerobic bacteria.
3,3
What is heat?
At every step in the food chain, energy
Is lost in the form of _________.
3,4
What is decrease???
If the temperature in a pond increases,
The levels of dissolved oxygen gas should
_________.
4,1
What are plants/algae?
What organisms in your tank can
Perform both cell respiration and
Photosynthesis?
4,2
What is limestone?
What type of sediment was mainly
Chosen to act as a buffer when dissolved
In water?
4,3
What is TRUE: (cell respiration releases carbon
dioxide gas)
True or False:
Limestone acts as an alkaline buffer
Against the potential acidic conditions
Produced from the process of
Cell respiration.
4,4
What are fish (in their urine)?
Which organisms in your pond
Produce the greatest amount of
Ammonia?
5,1
Limestone is also alkaline…only an acid could
neutralize a base?
Ammonia produces alkaline conditions.
Why is limestone NOT a good buffer
Against this process?
5,2
What are cell respiration and photosynthesis?
What 2 life process control the
Levels of carbon dioxide in your pond
Ecosystem?
5,3
What is space; density independent)
What is the number one limiting
Factor to the population size
In your ecosystem?
Is this density dependent or
Density independent?
5,4