Welcome to Ecology Biojeopardy!!

1. Welcome to Ecology Biojeopardy!!

2. Instructions: • Click on a box under the category you want. • Read the question and try to answer to yourself. • Click one time for the answer to appear. • After, click on the ‘Continue’ arrow to bring you back to the main screen • Note: After clicking once to view the answer, try to remember to click only on the ‘Continue’ arrow. Clicking anywhere else will automatically bring you to the next slide in order without choice.

3. Biomes and Conservation Population Ecology Behavior Ecosystems Community Ecology 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 600 600 600 600 600 700 700 700 700 700 800 800 800 800 800 900 900 900 900 900 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

4. 100 A characteristic of landscapes is ________________, a mosaic of different environments or ecosystems. What is patchiness Continue

5. 200 This lake zone would be absent in a very shallow lake What is the aphotic zone Continue

6. 300 Contributes to the global distribution of organisms when individuals move away from centers of high population density or from their area of origin. What is dispersal Continue

7. 400 The minimal population size at which a species is able to sustain its numbers and survive What is minimum viable population (MVP) Continue

8. 500 The “nonliving” chemical and physical factors that are part of an organism’s environment. What are abiotic factors Continue

9. 600 The process where humans use living organisms like prokaryotes, fungi or plants to detoxify polluted systems. What is bioremediation Continue

10. 700 At the bottom of all aquatic biomes is the ____________zone What is “benthic” Continue

11. 800 Scientists might construct a ________________if they wanted to analyze temperature and precipitation and how climate impacts the distribution of organisms. What is a a climograph Continue

12. 900 This is a description of what occurs when the seasonal temperature changes produce semiannual turnover. What is oxygen-rich water is brought to the bottom and nutrient rich water is brought to the surface. Continue

13. 1000 The effective population size of a population with 20 individuals where only 6 females and 4 males can reproduce. What is 9.6 (or less than 50% of the population) Continue

14. 100 The maximum population size an environment can support What is carrying capacity Continue

15. 200 The study of the vital statistics of populations and how they change over time What is demography Continue

16. 300 The per capita rate of increase decreases from its maximum at low population size to zero as carrying capacity is reached in “this type” of population growth. What is logistic population growth Continue

17. 400 The approximate land and water area appropriated by each nation to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb all the waste it generates What is Ecological Footprint Continue

18. 500 Each female of a particular fish species produces millions of eggs per year and has this “type” survivorship curve. What is Type III (r-selected) (very few of the young survive) Continue

19. 600 Salmon return to freshwater to spawn, producing many eggs, and then they die. This “one time” chance to reproduce is known as “this” What is Semelparity or “Big Bang reproduction” Continue

20. 700 When the birth or death rate does not change as a population density changes, the population is described as density _________________. What is independent Continue

21. 800 The term (K-N)/K is zero when population size equals _____________ What is carrying capacity Continue

22. 900 To maintain population stability, a regional human population can exist in one of two “zero population growth” configurations. The movement from one to the other is called ____________________ What is demographic transition Continue

23. 1000 _____________(the number of infant deaths per 1000 births) and _____________________________ (the predicted average length of life at birth) vary widely among different human populations What is infant mortality and life expectancy at birth (respectively) Continue

24. 100 A sequence of unlearned behavioral acts that is unchangeable (no matter how useless) What is a fixed action pattern (FAP) Continue

25. 200 The scientific study of how animals behave What is Ethology Continue

26. 300 Some animals emit “these” chemical substances in order to communicate, regulates reproductive behavior or trigger courtship behavior. What are pheromones Continue

27. 400 This is the reason why male parental care is more likely to evolve among species with external fertilization What is certainty of paternity is higher with external fertilization Continue

28. 500 A type of associative behavior where an animal learns to associate its own behavior with a reward or punishment. (aka Trial and Error learning) What is operant conditioning Continue

29. 600 The reason why the “optimal foraging theory” describes a deer spending more time foraging in open areas than near or in forests. What is the deer views foraging as a compromise between getting food and getting eaten by its predators (cost and Benefit analysis) Continue

30. 700 This is the difference between intersexual and intrasexual selection of mates. What is intersexual involves one sex choosing mates on the basis of particular characteristics, whereas intrasexual involves competition among members of same sex. Continue

31. 800 When Drosophilia were trained to avoid air carrying a particular scent by coupling exposure to the odor with an electric shock, ______________is displayed. What is classical conditioning Continue

32. 900 “This” is an example of dimorphism in polygynous species. What is (any example where…)the males are usually more showy and often larger than females Continue

33. 1000 This is the reason why Hedrick and Riechert studied behavioral variation in laboratory-raised spiders rather than wild ones. What is to show that their differences in behavior (aggressiveness) has to do with genetics rather than other factors (Nature vs. Nurture) Continue

34. 100 The “equation” for cellular respiration. What is C6H12O6 + 6O2  6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy Continue

35. 200 Human activities, including release of chlorine-containing pollutants is eroding “this” What is the ozone layer (It reduces the penetration of UV radiation through the atmosphere). Continue

36. 300 Phytoplankton would belong to “this” trophic level, and zooplankton would belong to “this” trophic level. What is primary producer and primary consumer (respectively) Continue

37. 400 What is open ocean The lowest net primary production per square meter is awarded to “which of the following ecosystems”: salt marsh, coral reef, open ocean, grassland, tropical forest Continue

38. 500 In terms of biological magnification, it is safer to feed at a lower trophic level because of “this” What is biological magnification increases the concentrations of toxins the further you go up the food chain. Continue

39. 600 These organisms convert nitrates into nitrogen gas What is Denitrifying bacteria Continue

40. 700 Biologically, _____________(an element) is important because it is a major part of nucleic acids and ATP and is a major constituent of teeth and bones. What is phosphorus Continue

41. 800 These organisms (also known as decomposers) get their energy from detritus. What are detrivores. Continue

42. 900 Solar radiation drives photosynthesis, and light penetration influences primary productivity through the photic zone. More than light, a ____________ ___________ (2 words) is an element that must be added in order for production to increase. What is a limiting nutrient (usually N and P) Continue

43. 1000 This is the reason an ecosystem’s net primary production is lower than its gross primary production. What is net primary production shows how much organic material is lost to cellular respiration of producers. Continue

44. 100 Pisaster ochraceous (the sea star)is known as “this” because even though it might not be abundant, it plays pivotal roles in an ecosystem’s survival. What is keystone species Continue

45. 200 “This” occurs when an existing community has been cleared by some disturbance that leaves the soil intact. What is secondary succession Continue

46. 300 The total mass of all the individuals in a population. What is biomass Continue

47. 400 Only about _________of the energy stored in the organic matter of each trophic level is converted to organic matter at the next trophic level. What is 10% Continue

48. 500 An interspecific interaction that benefits both species (+/+) What is mutualism Continue

49. 600 The two main climatic factors correlated with biodiversity are solar energy and water availability. These factors can be considered together by measuring the rate of “this”. What is evapotranspiration Continue

50. 700 Mr. Poison Arrow Frog demonstrates “this kind” of defensive adaptation, where his predators just look at him and run What is aposematic coloration Continue