Biology Ecology Jeopardy

Levels of Organization Succession Food Chain Food Web and Pyramids Random

Question: The giraffes, elephants, and lions in one area are known as a _____________________________. Check Your Answer Levels of Organization for 100

Answer: Community Levels of Organization for 100 Return to the Main Board

Question: All of the giraffes living in one area are known as a ____________. Check Your Answer Levels of Organization for 200

Answer: Population HINT: Same species, same area Levels of Organization for 200 Return to the Main Board

Question: This picture represents the _________, the portion of the earth where all living things exist. Levels of Organization for 300 Check Your Answer

Answer: Biosphere Levels of Organization for 300 Return to the Main Board

Question: What is an ecosystem? (answer must have two vocab words included) Levels of Organization for 400 Check Your Answer

Answer: An ecosystem the interaction of all living (BIOTIC) and non-living (ABIOTIC) factors in an environment. Levels of Organization for 400 Back to Game Board

Question: List the levels of organization in order from smallest to largest beginning from Individual/Organism Check Your Answer Levels of Organization for 500

Answer: Organism Population Community Ecosystem Biome Biosphere Levels of Organization for 500 Back to Game Board

Question: In what type of succession is grass going to be the pioneer species? Check Your Answer Succession for 100

Answer: Secondary Succession Succession for 100 Back to Game Board

Question: What is succession? Check Your Answer Graphing for 200

Answer: changes that occur in an ecosystem or community Graphing for 200 Back to Game Board

Question: What is the difference in primary and secondary succession? Check Your Answer Succession for 300

Answer: Primary succession begins on exposed surfaces (bare rock) and secondary succession begins on soil Succession for 300 Back to Game Board

Question: List TWO reasons that secondary succession would occur. Check Your Answer Succession for 400

Answer: Fire, Hurricane, Tornado Succession for 400 Back to Game Board

Check Your Answer Succession for What type of succession is this? 2.What is the pioneer species here? 3.What causes this type of succession?

Answer: 1.Primary Succession 2.Lichens 3.Glacier, volcano (lava), bare rock Succession for 500 Back to Game Board

Question: Organisms that cannot produce their own food are called ___________ or ______________. (Use both names) Check Your Answer Food Chain for 100

Answer: Heterotrophs or Consumers Back to Game Board Food Chain for 100

Question: What do we call organisms who produce their own food? (Use both names) Check Your Answer Food Chain for 200

Answer: Producers and Autotrophs Back to Game Board Food Chain for 200

Question: A rabbit eats grass and a fox eats the rabbit. What is the fox’s trophic level in the food chain? Check Your Answer Food Chain for 300

Answer: Secondary Consumer Back to Game Board Food Chain for 300

Question: 1.What is the producer in the food chain? 2.What is the primary consumer? Check Your Answer Food Chain for 400

Answer: Producer= Leaves Primary Consumer=Slug Back to Game Board Food Chain for 400

Question: Organisms that break down dead matter and return the nutrients to the soil are known as _______________. Check Your Answer Food Chain for 500

Answer: Decomposers Back to Game Board Food Chain for 500

Question: All the interconnected feeding relationships in an ecosystem make up a ________. Check Your Answer Food Webs and Pyramids for 100

Answer: Food Web Back to Game Board Food Webs and Pyramids for 100

Question: What type of pyramid shows the dry weight at each trophic level? Check Your Answer Food Webs and Pyramids for 200

Answer: Biomass Pyramids Back to Game Board Food Webs and Pyramids for 200

Question: What happens to energy as it goes from the bottom to the top of the pyramid? Check Your Answer Food Webs and Pyramids for 300

Answer: It decreases at each trophic level Back to Game Board Food Webs and Pyramids for 300

Question: List ONE primary and ONE Secondary consumer in this food web Check Your Answer Food Webs and Pyramids for 400

Answer: Primary Consumers: Rabbits, Squirrels, Mice, Seed eating Birds, herbivorous insects Secondary Consumers: Foxes, Hawks and Owls, Snakes Spiders, insectivorous birds, and predacious insects Back to Game Board Food Webs and Pyramids for 400

Check Your Answer Food Web and Pyramids for 500 Question: 1. Which trophic level has the most energy? 2. What percentage of energy moves on to the next trophic level? 3. What happens to the energy that is not used for life processes or passed to the next level?

Answer: Producer 10% Lost as heat Back to Game Board Food Web and Pyramids for 500

Check Your Answer Random for 100 Question: A barnacle on a whale is this type of symbiosis.

Answer: Commensalism Help – Not affected Back to Game Board Cycles/Random for 100

Check Your Answer Random for 200 Question: A tapeworm in a cow is this type of symbiosis.

Answer: Parasitism Help - Hurt Back to Game Board Cycles/Random for 200

Question: Which of the following is a PREDATOR-PREY Relationship? A. Dog and a flea B. Owl and a snake C. Whale and a barnacle Check Your Answer Random For 300

Answer: B. Owl and a snake Back to Game Board Cycles/Random for 300

Question: Which of the following is an example of competition? A. Tiger eating a zebra B. Tiger and a lion looking for food Check Your Answer Random for 400

Answer: B. Tiger and a lion looking for food Back to Game Board Cycles/Random for 400

Question: Which of the following is an abiotic factor? a.Soil on the ground b.Trees growing c.Competition between two species Check Your Answer Cycles/Random for 500

Answer: A. Soil on the ground Back to Game Board Cycles/Random for 500