Ecology Jeopardy

Ecology Jeopardy 1st semester or Grab-bag Nutrient Cycles Ecosystems Energy Pollution 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 Final Jeopardy (if you get this wrong, you lose whatever you wagered)

Home Nutrient Cycles: 1 point Water vapor/gas changing to liquid can best be seen in which area of this water cycle? C

Home Nutrient Cycles: 2 points The balance of the oxygen cycle is maintained by autotrophs releasing _(a)_____________ and heterotrophs releasing _(b)_____________. Oxygen Carbon dioxide

Home Nutrient Cycles: 3 points Which nutrient/chemical cannot be found in the atmosphere of Earth? Water Carbon Nitrogen Phosphorus Oxygen It’s released from rocks

Home Nutrient Cycles: 4 points Bacteria converting nitrogen in the air (N2) into usable nitrogen in the soil is called ____________. Nitrogen fixation N2 Nitrates

Home Nutrient Cycles: 5 points Fertilizers from agriculture are often washed into lakes. This causes an extreme growth of algae which leads to the death of the lake. What is this extreme growth of algae called? Algal Bloom

cat Home Ecosystems: 1 point hawk owl According to this food web, how many organisms would decomposers feed upon? Blue jay spider 9 squirrel Grass-hopper seeds grass

Home Ecosystems: 2 points Beavers play a role in a community… their dams block water to create wetlands. Bees play a role in a community. They help to pollinate flowering plants. Mushrooms play a role in a community. They help recycle nutrients back into the soil. What is an organisms role in the community called? Niche

Home Ecosystems: 3 points pioneer Lichen and moss are often called ______________ species because they are the first to arrive in a newly formed area of land.

Home Ecosystems: 4 points Name the process of change where ecosystems gradually become more complex. Succession

Home Ecosystems: 5 points Epiphytes are plants that live their entire lives atop trees. The epiphytes use the larger tree as a surface to grow but don’t help nor harm the larger tree. Which type of symbiosis is this? epiphyte Commensalism

Home Energy: 1 point What percent of energy is lost at every level of a food chain? 90%

Home Energy: 2 points hawk Pretend this was a food chain common to a forest. Which consumer would be found in greatest numbers? (which consumer would have the largest population?) snake mouse Grass-hopper Grasshoppers (they are the animals with the most energy available to them) plant

Home Energy: 3 points Which organism(s) pictured are detrivores? tree mushroom earthworm vulture fox

Home Energy: 4 points Examine the energy pyramid. How many calories would be available to the mouse? 50,000 calories 500,000 calories = 5,000,000 calories

Home Energy: 5 points In the 1980s, scientists discovered a species of bacteria that could feed on the chemicals released from deep sea vents. Name the process where bacteria convert these chemicals into energy. Chemo-synthesis

Home Pollution: 1 point The three main needs to create smog are nitrogen oxides, oxygen, and ___________________. sunlight

Home Pollution: 2 points Two part question:A) The ozone layer is thinning because of which man-made chemical?B) What is striking the earth as a result of the thinning ozone layer? CFCs UV

Home Pollution: 3 points Biomagnification Pollutants such as mercury are absorbed by the producers and accumulate as you move up the food chain. This is an example of which environmental problem?

Home Pollution: 4 points ????? acid ????? acid ????? acid ?????? acid Name the two acids that commonly fall in acid rain. Sulfuric acid Nitric acid

Home Pollution: 5 points After deforestation, name the process where wind slowly carries away fertile topsoil. wind Desertification wind wind wind Topsoil Clay

Home 1st Semester Review: 1 point What is the diploid number of chromosomes according to this karyotype? 42

Home Grab Bag: 2 points President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 as he was driving through which American city? Dallas

Home 1st Semester Review: 3 points Place these letters in order from smallest to largest. Nucleotide Carbon Nucleic acid Nitrogen base B, D, A, C

Home 1st Semester Review: 4 points Place the steps of protein creation in the order from start to finish. Step A Ribosomes attach and travel along the rough ER Step B Nucleolus creates the ribosome Step C Protein created by the ribosome is passed to the Golgi body Step C Protein created by the ribosome is passed to the Golgi body Step A Ribosomes attach and travel along the rough ER Step E Ribosomes exit the nucleus Step D Vesicle protects the protein and releases it from the cell Step B Nucleolus creates the ribosome Step E Ribosomes exit the nucleus Step D Vesicle protects the protein and releases it from the cell

Home Grab Bag: 5 points What is the best selling hip-hop album of all time? 3 35 5 MC Hammer: Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt Em (1990) Notorious BIG: Life After Death (1997) Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III (2008) 8 6 1 Eminem: Marshal Mathers LP (2000) 2Pac Greatest Hits (1998) Will Smith: Big Willie Style (1997)

Home Final Jeopardy The topic of the question is “Succession.” Directions: On a piece of paper, write your group number and the amount of points you wish to gamble. When ready, send one person to trade your wager for the question. The quicker you decide, the more time you will have to complete the task.

Home Final Jeopardy Ecosystems (1) ____________ are constantly changing. Both (2) ___________ and biotic factors change in every ecosystem. One type of ecosystem change is called (3) __________________. This results in one community replacing another over time. This process might begin on bare rock formed from the cooling of molten (4) ___________. This process begins when (5) ___________ & (6) ___________ also known as the (7) ______________________, begin living on and break down bare rock. When these organisms die, their remains mix with the rock pieces to form a thin layer of (8) _______________. This process of establishing and developing an ecosystem in a previously uninhabited area is called (9) __________________________. The mature community that eventually forms is called the (10) _____________________________. Sometimes that community is destroyed by a (11) _______________. A new community will replace the destroyed one through the process of (12) ______________________________. This process happens much (13) __________________ because the soil is usually left (14) _______________. abiotic succession lava moss/lichen pioneer species moss/lichen soil primary succession climax community fire secondary succession intact quicker • Choices: • Abiotic • Ecosystems • Intact • Pioneer species • Primary succession • Moss • Succession • Lava • Secondary succession • Climax community • Quicker • Lichen • Soil • Fire

Print for each group (1) ____________ are constantly changing. Both (2) ___________ and biotic factors change in every ecosystem. One type of ecosystem change is called (3) __________________. This results in one community replacing another over time. This process might begin on bare rock formed from the cooling of molten (4) ___________. This process begins when (5) ___________ & (6) ___________ also known as the (7) ______________________, begin living on and break down bare rock. When these organisms die, their remains mix with the rock pieces to form a thin layer of (8) _______________. This process of establishing and developing an ecosystem in a previously uninhabited area is called (9) __________________________. The mature community that eventually forms is called the (10) _____________________________. Sometimes that community is destroyed by a (11) _______________. A new community will replace the destroyed one through the process of (12) ______________________________. This process happens much (13) __________________ because the soil is usually left (14) _______________. • Choices: • Abiotic • Ecosystems • Intact • Pioneer species • Primary succession • Moss • Succession • Lava • Secondary succession • Climax community • Quicker • Lichen • Soil • Fire

Ecology Jeopardy