Ecology Jeopardy Directions In Jeopardy, remember the answer is in the form of a question. Select a question by clicking on it. After reading the question click on the word “answer” on the bottom of the screen. After seeing the answer click on the picture of Alex Trebec to return to the question board. Keep track of score with your partner. Play the final Jeopardy question together betting with the points you have each earned. Click here to begin.

Ecology Chapter 1 Jeopardy Organization in the Environment Types of Interactions Symbiosis Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy Energy Connection Food Chains and Food Webs

$100 Question The word that describes the fish, birds, mammals, and plants that live in an environment.

$100 Answer What is biotic?

$200 Question This word describes the members of one species in an area.

$200 Answer What is population?

$300 Question This is the part of Earth where life exists.

$300 Answer What is the biosphere?

$400 Question This word describes the nonliving part of the environment.

$400 Answer What is abiotic?

$500 Question This is the study of the interactions of living organisms with each other and the environment.

$500 Answer What is ecology?

$100 Question An organism that eats only animals

$100 Answer What is a carnivore?

$200 Question An organism that eats only plants

$200 Answer What is an herbivore?

$300 Question An organism that eats both plants and animals

$300 Answer What is an omnivore?

$400 Question A plant that gains energy from the sun is an example of this…

$400 Answer What is a producer?

$500 Question Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores are all…

$500 Answer What are consumers?

$100 Question This word describes a simple diagram with arrows showing energy flow from grass, to a rabbit, to a fox.

$100 Answer What is a food chain?

$200 Question In a food web, this animal has an arrow pointing towards them.

$200 Answer The animal that is gaining energy by eating.

$300 Question This describes the diagram that shows how energy in food flows from one organism to another.

$300 Answer What is a food chain?

$400 Question This describes a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem.

$400 Answer What is a food web?

$500 Question A food web arrow goes from a mouse to an owl, showing that…

$500 Answer The owl eats the mouse

$100 Question When a population is too large, this becomes a limiting factor.

$100 Answer What is food?

$200 Question This is the largest population an environment can support.

$200 Answer What is carrying capacity?

$300 Question These determine an area’s carrying capacity because animals need resources to survive.

$300 Answer What are limiting factors?

$400 Question Starvation, hunting, accidents, harsh weather conditions, and diseases are all examples of these.

$400 Answer What are limiting factors?

$500 Question This happens to other species when one species disappears.

$500 Answer The other species in the ecosystem are thrown out of balance.

$100 Question This describes a relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other

$100 Answer What is symbiosis?

$200 Question This is a relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed

$200 Answer What is parasitism?

$300 Question This is a relationship between two species in which both species benefit.

$300 Answer What is mutualism?

$400 Question This is a relationship between two organisms in which one benefits and the other is not affected

$400 Answer What is commensalism?

$500 Question This is the evolution of two or more species due to mutual influence (helping each other for a long time).

$500 Answer What is coevolution?

Final Jeopardy Give an example for each: mutualism commensalism parasitism

Final Jeopardy Answer Mutualism: a fish eats the parasites off of a sea turtle’s shell Commensalism: a remora hitches a ride from a shark Parasitism: a mosquito sucks your blood