Bluff General Science Symbiosis Ecology Wild Card Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Food Webs Ecology Wild Card Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

What is one example of mutualism? $100 Symbiosis What is one example of mutualism?

$100 Answer Symbiosis A bee and a flower

What is an example of parasitism? $200 Symbiosis What is an example of parasitism?

$200 Answer Symbiosis A flea and a dog

$300 Symbiosis Explain the difference between parasitism and a predator prey relationship.

$300 Answer Symbiosis In parasitism the parasite harms the host, but does not necessarily kill the host. In predator prey relationships the predator kills and consumes the prey.

What is commensalism? Give one example. $400 Symbiosis What is commensalism? Give one example.

$400 Answer Symbiosis Relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is not harmed or benefited. Whale and barnacles.

$500 Symbiosis An interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another organism is called:

$500 Answer Symbiosis Predator-prey OR Predation

What is the difference between an autotroph and a heterotroph? $100 Food Webs What is the difference between an autotroph and a heterotroph?

$100 Answer Food Webs Autotroph – make their own food using energy from the sun (or in some cases chemicals) Heterotroph – must eat other organisms for energy

What is another name for an autotroph? $200 Food Webs What is another name for an autotroph?

$200 Answer Food Webs Producer

$300 Food Webs What is the 10% rule?

Only 10% of the energy is passed from one trophic level to the next $300 Answer Food Webs Only 10% of the energy is passed from one trophic level to the next

$400 Food Webs Draw a food web with two producers and four consumers. Make sure to draw your arrows pointing in the correct direction.

$400 Answer Food Webs

$500 Food Webs How does the flow of energy and the flow of nutrients differ in an ecosystem?

Matter is cycled in ecosystems, but energy flows in one direction. $500 Answer Food Webs Matter is cycled in ecosystems, but energy flows in one direction.

On what axis is the dependent variable located? $100 General Science On what axis is the dependent variable located?

$100 Answer General Science The y-axis

$200 General Science What are the six characteristics of living things that we discussed in class?

$200 Answer General Science Cells Energy Use Growth Reproduction Organization Homeostasis

$300 General Science What is the difference between a constant and a control in an experiment? Provide an example of each.

$300 Answer General Science Constants – things that are kept the same between groups in an experiment Control or control group – independent variable not applied, used to compare with the results of the experimental group (to which the independent variable was applied)

$400 General Science All organisms must maintain stable internal conditions. This is called ______.

$400 Answer General Science Homeostasis

What is an independent variable? $500 General Science What is an independent variable?

$500 Answer General Science The variable that was manipulated or changed

$100 Ecology Put the following terms in order: ecosystem, biosphere, organism, population, biome, species, community.

$100 Answer Ecology Organism Species Population Community Ecosystem Biosphere Biome

$200 Ecology Give an example of a density-dependent factor and a density-independent factor for a population of deer in NC.

$200 Answer Ecology Density-dependent – disease, parasites, competition for resources Density-independent – storms, floods, fires, etc

$300 Ecology Draw an exponential growth curve. What is this also called?

$300 Answer Ecology J-curve

$400 Ecology What does an ecosystem contain that a community does not?

$400 Answer Ecology Abiotic Factors

$500 Ecology Define carrying capacity and draw a population growth curve that shows the carrying capacity for a population.

$500 Answer Ecology Carrying capacity – the number of organisms of one species that an environment can support

$100 Wildcard What is the main greenhouse gas released into the atmosphere by human activity that is contributing to global warming?

$100 Answer Wildcard CO2 or Carbon Dioxide

$200 Wildcard What are the substances (now banned in the US) that contribute to ozone depletion?

CFCs or Chlorofluorocarbons $200 Answer Wildcard CFCs or Chlorofluorocarbons

Which population pyramid shows rapid population growth? $300 Wildcard Which population pyramid shows rapid population growth? A B C

$300 Answer Wildcard A

Give three examples of biotic factors in an ecosystem. $400 Wildcard Give three examples of biotic factors in an ecosystem.

$400 Answer Wildcard Trees, flowers, insects, mammals, bacteria, etc

$500 Wildcard In the climatogram, which month receives the most precipitation? How much precipitation does that month receive?

$500 Answer Wildcard November ~11cm

Final Jeopardy Construct an ecological energy pyramid consisting of 4 trophic levels from one of the food chains shown in the food web. Label each trophic level of your pyramid.

Final Jeopardy Answer