Transcript Jeopardy[1]

JEOPARDY!
Sustainability of Ecosystems
Review
Species @
Risk
Food Webs/
Food Chains
An
Inconvenient
Truth
Populations
Sustainability
Potpourri
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Final Jeopardy
Species @ Risk 200
• A species that is no longer found anywhere.
Extinct
Species @ Risk 400
• A species that no longer exists in one part of
Canada, but can be found in others.
Extirpated
Species @ Risk 600
• What species is having a very large
effect on extinction rates?
Humans (Homo sapiens)
Species @ Risk 800
• What is an example of an exotic species that
can be found in Saskatchewan?
Zebra Mussel
Species @ Risk 1000
• Daily Double
There are currently ____ species in
Saskatchewan listed as at-risk while another
____ are currently under review.
Currently: 15
35 more under Review
Food Webs/ Food Chains 200
• Organisms that can make their own
food from basic nutrients and sunlight
(List 2 terms)
Producers - Autotrophs
Food Webs/ Food Chains 400
• According to Bill Nye, All living things
depend on ______________.
PLANTS!
Food Webs/ Food Chains 600
• What type of pyramid often does not
resemble the typical pyramid shape?
Pyramid of Numbers
Food Webs/ Food Chains 800
• If 98,000 calories of energy are available to the producers,
how much energy is available to the Quaternary Consumers?
9.8 Calories
Food Webs/ Food Chains 1000
• What are the First and Second Laws of
Thermodynamics and how are they
applicable to the food chain?
1st- Energy can be transformed from one form to another, but it
cannot be created or destroyed
2nd- Each time energy is transformed, some energy is lost from
the system
Energy is transferred up each trophic level, but in each transfer
some energy is lost
An Inconvenient Truth 200
• Who is the former next president of the
United States that spoke in the film?
Al Gore
An Inconvenient Truth 400
• The most vulnerable part of the Earth is the
_____________________
Atmosphere
An Inconvenient Truth 600
• What factor suggested that the ocean
wouldn’t absorb excess CO2 as fast as
scientists had previously thought
Revelle Factor
An Inconvenient Truth 800
• During which season are CO2 levels in the
atmosphere the highest. Which hemisphere
is this according to and why?
Winter- According to the Northern Hemisphere
because it contains the vast majority of the
land mass
An Inconvenient Truth 1000
What are the three misconceptions about
Global Warming that were discussed in the
film?
1. That Global Warming doesn’t occur.
2. Do we have to choose between the economy
and the environment?
3. Maybe the problem is too big to deal with.
Populations 200
• What is the difference between a
community and a population?
A population is looking at all the members of
one species in an ecosystem while a community
is looking at all of the species within an
ecosystem
Populations 400
• The maximum number of offspring a
species could produce if resources were
unlimited is the ___________________
Biotic Potential
Populations 600
• What has caused the exponential growth exhibited
in the human population?
-Agricultural Revolution, Industrial
Revolution, Increases in Health Care
Populations 800
• The 4 limiting factors of a species biotic
potential are:
Biotic Potential
Capacity for Survival
Procreation
Length of Reproductive Cycle
Populations 1000
• Over one year a population of Richardson
Ground Squirrels (the common gopher) falls
from 85 gophers/km2 to 61 gophers/km2.
What is the change in population density
per month?
-2 gophers/month for each km2
Sustainability Potpourri 200
• What is sustainability?
The ability to meet the needs of the present
generation without compromising the needs of
future generations
Sustainability Potpourri 400
• What did Dan Ennis say is destroying what
is sacred to us- our Mother Earth?
Greed
Chemistry Potpourri 600
• What is a bioindicator?
A species that is sensitive to changes in an
environment
Sustainability Potpourri 800
• A measuring tool used to compare countries
based on their environmental performance.
Environmental Performance Index (EPI)
Sustainability Potpourri 1000
• What are the three major chemical reactions
involved in The Carbon Cycle?
-Photosynthesis
-Respiration
-Combustion
VeggieTales 100
Picture Daily Double
VeggieTales 100
• The name of the following character.
VeggieTales 200
• If you like to talk to tomatoes,
• If a squash can make you _______.
VeggieTales 300
• The nationality of the green peas.
VeggieTales 400
• The name of the carrot on VeggieTales.
VeggieTales 500
Audio Daily Double
VeggieTales 500
• The character who sings this song.
Double Jeopardy
Final Jeopardy
• List the kinds of symbiosis.
Parasitism, Commensalism, Mutualism