Interactions of Living Things 5 LevelsEnergyAdaptationsSymbiosisVariety Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from 5 Levels Which level contains all of the communities and abiotic factors?

$100 Answer from 5 Levels Ecosystem

$200 Question from 5 Levels Arrange the 5 levels of Environmental Organization in order from the smallest piece to the largest piece: (population, ecosystem, biosphere, organism, community)

$200 Answer from 5 Levels Organism Population Community Ecosystem Biosphere

$300 Question from 5 Levels When the birth rate = the death rate

$300 Answer from 5 Levels CARRYING CAPACITY

$400 Question from 5 Levels Give two examples of how abiotic factors can affect an ecosystem.

$400 Answer from 5 Levels Answers will vary…need teacher approval

$500 Question from 5 Levels Draw a picture of a population of organisms in a pond ecosystem.

$500 Answer from 5 Levels Sketch should include a group of individuals of the same species.

$100 Question from Energy Arrange the following levels in order (bottom to top): primary consumer, producer, tertiary consumer, secondary consumer

$100 Answer from Energy Tertiary consumer Secondary consumer Primary Consumer Producer

$200 Question from Energy What would you call a turkey vulture that eats some of a coyote’s leftovers?

$200 Answer from Energy Scavenger

$300 Question from Energy What happens to the amount of energy available as you move down in an energy pyramid?

$300 Answer from Energy Energy available increases. If you said it increases by a power of 10 you will receive an additional 50 points!

$400 Question from Energy What type of consumer would the fox be considered if it ate the rabbit?

$400 Answer from Energy Secondary Consumer

$500 Question from Energy 30 units How many units of energy would be available at the secondary consumer level?

$500 Answer from Energy 300 units 30 units 300 units 3000 units 30,000 units

$100 Question from Adaptations Adaptations increase a populations’ chance of ______________.

$100 Answer from Adaptations survival, surviving, growing…I will consider other answers that make sense

$200 Question from Adaptations The following picture illustrates __________.

$200 Answer from Adaptations camouflage

$300 Question from Adapatations Which of the following is NOT a prey adaptation (camouflage, warning coloration, poison, night vision)?

$300 Answer from Adaptations They are all prey adaptations!

$400 Question from Adaptations What is the difference between a predator adaptation and a prey adaptation?

$400 Answer from Adaptations Predator adaptation gives the predator the edge over the prey and a prey adaptation keeps them from being eaten.

$500 Question from Adaptations Why would the rodent population increase from 1988 to 1994? (Use predator, prey, and population in your statement)

$500 Answer from Adaptations The prey population increases as the number of predators decrease.

$100 Question from Symbiosis Name the 3 types of symbiotic relationships.

$100 Answer from Symbiosis Mutualism Commensalism Parasitism

$200 Question from Symbiosis If “+” equals benefit If “-” equals harmed If “0” equals unaffected What two symbols would you use to describe organisms in a mutualistic, commensalistic, and parasitic relationship?

$200 Answer from Symbiosis Mutualism (+, +) Commensalism (+, 0) Parasitism (+, -)

$300 Question from Symbiosis A Blue Grey Gnatcatcher makes a nest for its young. The cowbird places its young in the nest of the Gnatcatcher. The Gnatcatcher takes care of the young, but ends up losing its own in the process. What type of symbiotic relationship exists between these two species?

$300 Answer from Symbiosis Parasitism

$400 Question from Symbiosis Acacia ants live on the bull- horn acacia tree, which provides the ants with food and shelter. The ants deter grazing animals from eating the tree. What type of symbiotic relationship exists between these two populations of organisms?

$400 Answer from Symbiosis Mutualism

$500 Question from Symbiosis What do you call a long term change that takes place in two species because of their close interaction with one another?

$500 Answer from Symbiosis coevolution

$100 Question from Variety Identify two other names for a tertiary consumer.

$100 Answer from Variety carnivore, top-level consumer, 3 rd order heterotroph

$200 Question from Variety Why do farmers fear 2 nd and 3 rd order heterotrophs?

$200 Answer from Variety They eat their livestock!

$300 Question from Variety List 3 natural occurrences that can lead to an immediate decrease in a population.

$300 Answer from Variety Forest Fire, Hurricane, Tornado, Drought, Volcano

$400 Question from Variety Name two ways that humans can control a population of organisms that is continuously growing.

$400 Answer from Variety Hunting, Relocating, Introducing Disease

$500 Question from Variety How can saving a top-level consumer save an ecosystem?

$500 Answer from Variety Without a top level consumer, the producers will continue to decrease and lead to a decrease in a number of primary consumers (lack of food and shelter).

Final Jeopardy What would happen if a new species was introduced to an ecosystem and it had no predators?

Final Jeopardy Answer The population would grow out of control!