Transcript Ecology Jeopardy

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Ecology Jeopardy
Ecosystems
Measuring
Populations
Species
Interactions
Environment
Issues
Ecology
Extras
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from
Ecosystems
People, bacteria and
animals are what part of
the environment?
$100 Answer from
Ecosystems
Biotic
$200 Question from
Ecosystems
A multi-chained diagram that shows
how energy in ecosystems flows
from one organism to another.
$200 Answer from
Ecosystems
A food web
$300 Question from
Ecosystems
Living things that make their own
food from sunlight are ________.
$300 Answer from
Ecosystems
producers (or autotrophs)
$400 Question from
Ecosystems
How do decomposers
aid in the recycling of
nutrients?
$400 Answer from
Ecosystems
When an organism dies,
decomposers are responsible
for releasing the nitrogen in
the organism and recycling it
back into the ecosystem.
$500 Question from
Ecosystems
Why are the number of
trophic levels limited?
$500 Answer from
Ecosystems
Energy is lost at each
level so there is not
enough energy left to
support more levels than
4-5.
$100 Question from
Measuring Populations
When the population has
a sudden increase it is
called __________.
$100 Answer from
Measuring Populations
Exponential growth
$200 Question from
Measuring Populations
What happens when
the birth rate is higher
than the death rate?
$200 Answer from
Measuring Populations
Population increases
$300 Question from
Measuring Populations
Name 3 things that have
led to an increase in
human population.
$300 Answer from
Measuring Populations
Agriculture (food), plants
(energy) and medicine
(health)
$400 Question from
Measuring Populations
If the Jack Rabbit has no predator,
what will happen to the other
species in the field?
$400 Answer from
Measuring Populations
The other species will either move
away to a new habitat (so they can
find food), or they will die. One
species can affect the ENTIRE
ecosystem.
$500 Question from
Measuring Populations
What happens when the
birth rate and death rate
are equal?
$500 Answer from
Measuring Populations
The population will level off
and would not be increasing or
decreasing.
$100 Question from
Species Interactions
What is primary succession?
$100 Answer from
Species Interactions
Growth of life where there has
previously been none.
$200 Question from
Species Interactions
What is secondary succession?
$200 Answer from
Species Interactions
Re-growth after the disruption of
life (forest fires, hurricanes,
human interaction)
$300 Question from
Species Interactions
What would be the
first species present in
primary succession?
$300 Answer from
Species Interactions
Rock lichens
$400 Question from
Species Interactions
If a plant is covered in pesticides,
what part of the food chain will
be the most affected?
$400 Answer from
Species Interactions
The tertiary consumers (the top
of the food chain) will be the
most affected because the
pesticide does not go away like
energy does.
$500 Question from
Species Interactions
What is leading to the
increase in extinct species?
$500 Answer from
Species Interactions
Human interaction in
environments
$100 Question from
Environmental Issues
What has caused the hole in
the Ozone layer?
$100 Answer from
Environmental Issues
Chloroflourocarbons (CFC’s)
$200 Question from
Environmental Issues
Name 3 human environment
interactions.
$200 Answer from
Environmental Issues
Deforestation, Pollution, Fishing,
Habitat Fragmentation, Global
Warming, Ozone Destruction
$300 Question from
Environmental Issues
How can humans live more
sustainably?
$300 Answer from
Environmental Issues
By using less resources and being
mindful of what is good for the
environment.
$400 Question from
Environmental Issues
What are 5 things you could
do to help the environment?
$400 Answer from
Environmental Issues
Recycle, turn your lights off when
you leave rooms, unplug
electronics, carpool, don’t leave
water running, use reusable water
bottles
$500 Question from
Environmental Issues
How have humans affected
the carbon cycle?
$500 Answer from
Environmental Issues
By clear cutting, the burning of fossil
fuels and excess pollution, humans
have increased the amount of carbon
dioxide in the air and it is increasing
the Earth’s temperature
$100 Question from
Ecology Extras
The study of interactions between
living things and their environment
is ______________.
$100 Answer from
Ecology Extras
Ecology
$200 Question from
Ecology Extras
What is required for a selfsustaining environment?
$200 Answer from
Ecology Extras
A self-sustaining environment
recycles all of the nutrients back
into itself.
$300 Question from
Ecology Extras
Rocks, temperature, and water are
what part of the environment?
$300 Answer from
Ecology Extras
Abiotic
$400 Question from
Ecology Extras
What happens when an
Ecosytem is disrupted?
$400 Answer from
Ecology Extras
When an ecosystem is
disrupted, it has a ripple effect.
Disruptions threaten the
existence of many species.
$500 Question from
Ecology Extras
The organisms that feed on dead
Organisms are specifically called
___________. A subcategory of
This group includes the
decomposers.
$500 Answer from
Ecology Extras
detritivores
Final Jeopardy - Subject
Interactions with the
Environment
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Final Jeopardy Question
The largest population that an
environment can support without
doing irrevocable damage to the
environment is called the
___________.
Answer
Final Jeopardy Answer
carrying capacity