Transcript Jeopardy

Ecology
Chapter 2
Welcome to Jeopardy
All deserts are an example of
A. Biome
 B. Biosphere
 C. Ecosystem
 D. Community
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Two blue jays fighting over one
female is an example of
A. Interspecific Competition
 B. Intraspecific Competition
 C. Symbiotic Relationship
 D. Mutualism
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Bears are an example of
________.
A. Omnivores
 B. Detrivores
 C. Carnivores
 D. Autotrophs
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The loss of water vapor from parts
of plants is called….
What type of organism returns
nutrients to an ecosystem?
__________is the ultimate energy
source driving the biogeochemical
cycles.
A food pyramid displays all the
following EXCEPT
A. amounts of energy
 B. Biomass
 C. Percent degration
 D. numbers of organisms
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In what type of activity would you most
expect an ecologist to be involved?
A.
identifying and classifying various species of
insects in an ecosystem
B. locating fossils of distinct species of turtles in
a geographical area
C. observing the relationships that woodpeckers
have with other species in their environment
D. studying the internal organs of a seal to learn
how it survives in its environment
What is each step in a food chain
called?
A bird fluffs its feathers to trap warm air close to
its body. The temperature of the air next to the
bird’s skin is a(n)
 A. Abiotic Factor
 B. Biotic Factor
 C. Niche
 D. Homeostasis Factor
Which type of organism exists at all
trophic levels except the first
trophic level?
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A. carnivores
B. herbivores
C. autotrophs
D. heterotrophs
In the energy pyramid shown below
which level has the smallest number of
organisms?
What percentage of water vapor
comes from transpiration?
How long are food chains?
A. Four steps long
 B. Three steps long
 C. Varies with ecosystem
 D. Varies with day length.
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What is denitrification?
Which biogeochemical cycle
involves evaporation, transpiration,
precipitation and runoff?
Which biogeochemical cycle(s)
directly affect humans?
The following picture represents
A. Population
 B. Community
 C. Ecosystem
 D. Organism
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If you were to add seaweed, coral reef,
sunlight, and algae in the picture below,
what would we be describing?
A. Population
 B. Community
 C. Ecosystem
 D. Organism
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Nitrogen molecules are released
back into the atmosphere during
what process?
What factor(s) affect the water
cycle?
What do the arrows in the diagram
represent?
The following picture is an example
of..
A. Community
 B. Biosphere
 C. Ecosystem
 D. Population
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Which process best describes
nitrogen fixation?
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A. animals eat plants containing nitrogen and
return it to the soil through urination
B. bacteria take nitrogen from the air and
convert it to a form usable by plants
C. organisms die and are decomposed into
ammonia in the soil
D. plants take nitrogen from the air and store it
in their roots
The following is an example of
what type of relationship?
Some farmers use manure on their
crop fields. How does this help the
plants?
A. protects them from intense sunlight
 B. keeps insects from eating the crops
 C. increases soil nitrogen and phosphorus
levels
 D. increases soil oxygen and carbon
dioxide levels
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The species interaction most
frequently represented in a food
chain is
A. Mutualism
 B. Commensalism
 C. Predation
 D. Symbiotic relationship
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How much of the energy is
released when one species eats
another?
Which of the following is not a type
of symbiotic relationship?
A. Predation
 B. Mutualism
 C. Parasitism
 D. Commensalism
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Which of the following is listed from
the least complex to the the most
complex interactions?
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A. Population, Community, Biome, Ecosystem
B. Community, Biome, Ecosystem, Community
C. Ecosystem, Community, Biome, Biosphere
D. Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biosphere
Double Jeopardy!!
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Please grab a piece of paper, and write
your group’s names at the top.
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Discuss how many points you want to
wager.
The Question….
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Compare and contrast nitrification and
nitrogen fixation, and give me the end
product from both.