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This Is Jeopardy
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Jeopardy! Random Populations Relationships Atmosphere/ Water Scientific Inv. Energy 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50 60 60 60 60 60 70 70 70 70 70 80 80 80 80 80 90 90 90 90 90 100 100 100 100 100
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10 What is the approximate age of the earth? Answer
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4.5 billion years old
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20 Glaciers helped form the Earth’s surface by erosion as seen in
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Cape Cod
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30 In designing a good experiment, a scientist attempts to isolate one
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Question
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40 Environmental Science is considered to be an integrated science because Answer
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It involves many sciences
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50 The extinction of a species means that Answer
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its populations no longer exist
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60 New York’s Finger Lakes, which were formed by the same process as were the Great Lakes, were formed by: Answer
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the movement of glaciers
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All of the following are indigestible material for an owl except
70 All of the following are indigestible material for an owl except Answer
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Muscle
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80 El Nino occurs every Answer
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4-7 years
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90 To measure the acidity of a solution you would perform a __________ test. Answer
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pH
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100 To measure the clarity of pond water you would perform a __________ test. Answer
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turbidity
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10 In a balanced ecosystem, the carrying capacity for a given species should be Answer
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stable
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20 All of the following are herbivores except Answer
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bear
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30 When scientists say that the balance in the ecosystem is dynamic they mean that Answer
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change is constant
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40 In which place would you probably find the most organisms? Answer
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a swamp
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50 Which organism is most likely to be found on a newly discovered island? Answer
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Parrot
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60 Primary succession can occur in which of the following habitats
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a cooled lava field
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70 In the Antarctic, as baleen whale numbers increase you would expect seals to: Answer
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decrease in numbers
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80 Two species of clover were planted in the same patch of garden. In time, one species disappeared from the patch. This is probably the result of: Answer
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competitive exclusion
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Through aquatic succession, a clear lake may eventually become:
90 Through aquatic succession, a clear lake may eventually become: Answer
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a meadow
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100 Mass killings of predators may result in Answer
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overpopulation of prey
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10 What effect does a keystone predator have on its habitat? Answer
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it increases niche diversity
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20 Legumes enrich soil by adding nitrogen to it through their Answer
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root nodules
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30 From where do autotrophs get the energy that produces their food?
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the sun
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40 Interactions in the environment are usually Answer
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Complex
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50 Lichens are important to an ecosystem because they Answer
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help form soil
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60 An organism that feeds on the body fluids or tissues of another organism but does not kill it is called a: Answer
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Parasite
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70 An increase in herbivore populations in an ecosystem will soon lead to Answer
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increasing predator populations
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80 A stable ecosystem includes Answer
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a wide variety of organisms
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90 Competition occurs between species when Answer
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they try to share the same niche
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100 Condors are related to vultures and feed on carion, or dead animals. Condors’ role in the food web is as: Answer
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scavengers
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10 What is the most important requirement for all living things?
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Water
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20 In which part of the atmosphere do you live? Answer
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Troposphere
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30 Water exists on other planets in the solar system. Yet, life exists on Earth because water exists as a Answer
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vapor
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40 A gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect is Answer
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carbon dioxide
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Temperatures in the thermosphere can reach
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2000 degrees C
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60 Ultraviolet radiation is blocked from reaching Earth’s surface by what substance found in the atmosphere? Answer
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ozone
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Nitrogen makes up what percent of air composition on earth?
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78%
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80 Natural springs form on Earth’s surface with water that originated from Answer
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Aquifers
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90 A pump does not need to be used to raise groundwater to the surface in areas where artesian wells are located because the water in artesian wells Answer
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is under pressure
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100 People use rivers in all of the following ways except Answer
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as a source of salt
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10 In one day, a zebra eats 10kg of grass. A lion kills and eats the zebra. About how much of the energy contained in this grass is usable by the lion? Answer
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1 kg
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20 When new information conflicts with a hypothesis, the hypothesis
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must change
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30 A scientific explanation for a natural occurrence is Answer
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a hypothesis
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40 In a controlled experiment Answer
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the scientist knows the outcome
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50 Science does not attempt to answer questions that deal with Answer
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nitrogen
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60 Though matter in an ecosystem is recycled, energy is Answer
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Lost
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A hypothesis must be rejected when
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it is not supported by data
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“Ozone depletion is caused by CFCs” is an example of a scientific
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hypothesis
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90 Energy moves through the ecosystem in the form of Answer
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biomass
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100 To be a tertiary consumer, you would have to eat Answer
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Deer
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