1. 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 Welcome to Who Wants to be a Millionaire 50:50

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3. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: community C:individual organisms B: populations D: ecosystem 50:50 1. If scientist are studying the egrets, herons, marsh crabs, and cordgrass, but not the water or rocks in a salt marsh, what level of organization would they be studying? A: community $100 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200

4. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: abiotic C: biotic B: the biosphere D: the population 50:50 2. What word describes the mammals, fish, birds, and plants that live in an environment? C: biotic $100 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200

5. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: ecosystem chart C: energy pyramid B: food chain D: food web 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 3. If you made a chart showing all the organisms living in the local pond, with arrows drawn between the organisms showing who ate what, what kind of chart would you have made? D: food web

6. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: population C: individual organism B: ecosystem D: community 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 4. An environmental study reporting on the way temperature, water quality, and minerals affect the animals in a salt marsh would be considering which level of organization? B: ecosystem

7. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: the biotic and abiotic elements of an area C: a single organism B: the nonliving elements of a habitat D: members of one species in an area 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 5. A community is several species of animals interacting, while a population is... D: members of one species in an area

8. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: population C: individual organism B: community D: ecosystem 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 6. What is the lowest level of environmental organization that three male egrets would all belong together? A: population

9. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100

10. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: biotic C: population B: abiotic D: living 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 7. Rocks, temperature, and water are what part of the environment? B: abiotic

11. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: a population chart C: a food web B: an energy pyramid D: a food chain 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 8. A diagram with arrows showing energy flow from grass to a mouse to a snake is... D: a food chain

12. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100

13. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: herbivore C: carnivore B: ominvore D: parasite 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 9. A bear that eats plants and animals is a... B: omnivore

14. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: energy pyramid C: food web B: food chain D: biosphere 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 10. A triangle-shaped diagram that shows how energy is lost as animals eat living things is a(n)... A: energy pyramid

15. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: limiting factor C: community B: limiting capacity D: carrying capacity 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 11. The largest population an environment can support is... D: carrying capacity

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17. A: mutualism C: parasitism B: commensalism D: competition 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 12. Symbiosis in which one organism hurts another to benefit itself C: parasitism

18. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: population C: biosphere B: ecosystem D: community 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 13. The depths of the ocean to the heights of the air is which level of organization? C: biosphere

19. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: ecosystem C: community B: biosphere D: population 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 14. What level of environmental organization describes a community of organisms and their environment? A: ecosystem

20. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100

21. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: producers C: decomposers B: consumers D: prey 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 15. Carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores are all... B: consumers

22. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: population C: community B: biosphere 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 16. What do several different populations living together make? C: community D: ecosystem

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24. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: omnivores C: herbivores B: carnivores D: parasites 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 17. Organisms that eat just plants are called... C: herbivores

25. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: parasitism C: commensalism B: competition D: mutualism 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 18. In which type of symbiosis do organisms help each other? D: mutualism

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27. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: when there is too much food C: when a population is small B: when a population is large D: when there is too much water 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 19. When is food a limiting factor? B: when a population is large

28. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: prey C: predator B: omnivore D: herbivore 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 20. The term used to describe a sparrow that has been caught by an eagle... A: prey

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30. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: ecology C: biosphere B: population D: community 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 21. The study of how living organisms and non- living factors in the environment interact. A: ecology

31. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: predator/prey C: competition between species in a community B: competition within a population D: parasite/host 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 22. Two lionesses are fighting over a fresh kill. What type of competition is this? B: competition within a population

32. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: animals need resources to survive C: the number of animals is limited B: ecosystems are small D: the number of animals is unlimited 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 23. Limiting factors determine an area’s carry capacity because A: animals need resources to survive

33. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 24. An animal that catches another animal for food is a... A: herbivore C: parasite B: prey D: predator

34. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: consumers C: animals B: producers D: frogs 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 25. What living things make food from sunlight? B: producers

35. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: introducing a new type of grass C: water flooding the area B: two species of birds competing D: algae growing on crabgrass 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 26. Which is an example of an abiotic element changing an area? C: water flooding the area

36. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: die C: benefit B: are thrown out of balance D: are unaffected 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 27. After one species disappears, the other species in the ecosystem... B: are thrown out of balance

37. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: parasite C: consumer B: decomposer D: producer 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 28. Trees that gain energy from the sun are an example of a... D. producer

38. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: consumer C: decomposer B: parasite D: producer 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 29. Bacteria is an example of a... C: decomposer

39. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: organism, population, biosphere, abiotic elements, ecology C: organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere B: organism, population, biosphere, ecosystem, community D: organism, population, biotic elements, abiotic elements, community 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 30. The five levels of environmental organization from 1 st - 5 th level are... C: organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere

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41. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: which animal is bigger C: which animals are related B: how energy flows to the animal that is eating D: how energy flows to the animal that is eaten 50:50 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 31. In a food web, arrows point in just one direction because they show... B: how energy flows to the animal that is eating