THIS IS ECOLOGY Jeopardy

Biodiversity & Biosphere threats Jeopardy Ecology Vocabulary Food Chains & Webs more ‘trophs & ‘vores Biodiversity & Biosphere threats Cycles of matter ‘trophs & ‘vores 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

Many of these overlapping, single pathways make up a food web.

What are Food Chains? A 100

This is the primary energy source of any food web, in any ecosystem. A 200

What is the sun? A 200

in this trophic level of a food web. All plant-eaters are in this trophic level of a food web. A 300

What is the primary or first level?

A quaternary consumer is also known as this level consumer (some number) A 400

What is the 4th level? A 400

In any food web, the arrows always point in this direction.

What is “of energy transfer?”

“self-feeder” B 100

What is an autotroph? B 100

“other-feeder” B 200

What is an heterotroph? B 200

Humans, birds and bears may be thought of as this type of ‘vore B 300

What is an omnivore? B 300

This primary (first level) consumer is this type of ‘vore. B 400

What is a herbivore? B 400

This type of ‘vore eats decomposing organic matter called detritus. B 500

What is a detritivore? B 500

Producers are all this type of ‘troph.

What is an autotroph? C 100

Consumers are all this type of ‘troph.

What is a heterotroph? C 200

The organism in the picture is this type of ‘troph. C 300

What is a heterotroph? C 300

DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE C 400

A bacon-double cheeseburger with lettuce onions and tomatoes may be lunch for this type of ‘vore. C 400

What is an omnivore? C 400

(third level) consumer may be this type of ‘vore. This tertiary (third level) consumer may be this type of ‘vore. C 500

What is a carnivore or omnivore?

may let in the UV rays that harms living things. This layer in the Earth’s atmosphere is being depleted which may let in the UV rays that harms living things. D 100

ozone D 100

Pollution from car exhaust and factories may combine with water vapor in the air to form this type of rain. (It can lower the pH of lakes and streams, which caused loss of species.) D 200

What is acid? D 200

Clearing rainforests for farmland or firewood, destroys the “homes” of many animals. An animal’s “home” is known this. D 300

What is habitat? D 300

A form of water pollution in which detergents are dumped into lakes and ponds, may cause this type of growth, that can lead to the death of fish. D 400

What is an algal bloom? D 400

This is the term for separation of wilderness areas from other wilderness areas due to development of the land by human development. (It can greatly disrupt habitats and cause local species extinction.) D 500

What is habitat fragmentation? D 500

Too much greenhouse gases, can lead to too much greenhouse effect, which can lead to this type of warming. E 100

What is global? E 100

Water, snow, sleet or hail falling to earth.

What is precipitation? E 200

This is the process of water vapor becoming liquid droplets. E 300

What is condensation? E 300

This greenhouse gas contains inorganic carbon which may be released to the atmosphere by breathing, or burning fossil fuels. E 400

What is carbon dioxide ( CO2)?

Fertilizer used by farmers contains an organic form of this element. Besides fertilizer this element may also become organic by lightning the atmosphere or bacteria in the soil. E 500

What is nitrogen (N2)? E 500

The study of the relationship between organisms and their environment The study of the relationship between organisms and their environment. It involves interactions with their environment as well as each other. F 100

What is Ecology ? F 100

The place on Earth where all life can be found.

What is the biosphere? F 200

These make up the nonliving part of the environment including: air currents, temperature, moisture, soil, sunlight, etc.. F 300

What are abiotic factors?

A group of organisms, all the same species, which interbreed and live in the same area at the same time. F 400

What is a population? F 400

All strategies and adaptations a species uses in its environment---how it meets it needs for food, shelter, how and where it survives and where it reproduces. F 500

What is a niche? F 500

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This type of species, accidently introduced into another ecosystem than where it is usually found, can eliminate other species that normally live there. Click on screen to continue

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