Jeopardy
Food Chains and Webs Population Growth Ecology Mix and Match Vocabulary Symbiosis $100 $ 100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $ 500 $500 $500
This is the job or role of an organism What is a niche? This is the job or role of an organism
A change in a species over time What is evolution? A change in a species over time
What do we call the place where an animal lives? What is a habitat? What do we call the place where an animal lives?
What is exponential growth? This is growth that a occurs at a very rapid rate.
What is Natural Selection? Occurs when animals are able to reproduce because of a successful adaptation.
When a Remora eats the left over food of a shark this has taken place. What is Commensalism? When a Remora eats the left over food of a shark this has taken place.
What is Mutualism? The relationship between the clown fish and sea anenome is an example of
The relationship between a tapeworm and a human is an example of this. What is Parisitism? The relationship between a tapeworm and a human is an example of this.
What is Interspecific Competition? When organisms from separate species compete for the same resource this occurs.
What is Resource Partitioning? This occurs when organisms use different niches to go after the same resource.
The arrows on a diagram of a food chain show this. What is energy flow? The arrows on a diagram of a food chain show this.
What is too much energy loss? Why don’t food chains get too large.
Animals that eat both plants and animals What is an omnivore? Animals that eat both plants and animals
What is a primary consumer? This trophic level would include deer, rabbits, and horses.
Food webs are made of these. What are food chains? Food webs are made of these.
What are ecosystems? When living organisms interact with their non-living environment they create these?
What is a “J” shape? Organisms that give birth to many offspring and have an incredible population doubling time would have this graph shape.
What is a carrying capacity? K-selected populations reach this when birth rate equals death rate.
What are limiting factors? Water, space ,shelter, and food slow population growth?
What is immigration? This can increase a population when new members come into a population.
This is another name for cryptic coloration. What is camoflauge? This is another name for cryptic coloration.
What is biotic potential? __________ is when every organism has the ability to survive to their fullest without limits
What is the Nitrogen Cycle? This nutrient cycle supplies the material we need to build muscles.
This biome has a layer of ground that always stays frozen. What is the tundra? This biome has a layer of ground that always stays frozen.
FINAL JEOPARDY
What is an ecological disturbance? Secondary succession is caused by this.