Jeopardy Ecology

Community Interactions Levels of Organization Community Interactions Human Impact Population Growth Random 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

Levels of Organization $100 All of the nonliving elements in an ecosystem, such as soil, water and weather. What are abiotic factors?

Levels of Organization $200 Includes all the biotic and abiotic interactions in an environment. What is an Ecosystem?

Levels of Organization $300 Area with similar climate and similar species. What is a biome?

Levels of Organization $400 A pack of wolves is an example of this. What is a Population?

Levels of Organization $500 The level of organization that is most inclusive. What is Biosphere?

Community Interactions $100 A lion eating a zebra is an example of . Predation

Community Interactions $200 A flea on a dog. What is parasitism?

Community Interactions $300 The symbiotic relationship of a bird picking ticks off a cow’s back. What is mutualism?

Community Interactions $400 The symbiotic relationship of a remora fish eating the crumbs a shark leaves behind. What is commensalism?

Community Interactions $500 A relationship in which two different species live closely together. . What is symbiosis?

Human Impact $100 The trapping of excess carbon dioxide and heat that increases the Earth’s temperature. What is global warming?

Human Impact $200 Loss of habitat and the reduction of the variety of species. What is loss of biodiversity?

Human Impact $300 Examples of air pollution. What is smog, increased fossil fuel burning, acid rain?

Human Impact $400 Toxins and pollutants like yard runoff entering the local streams. What is water pollution?

What is biomagnification? Human Impact $500 Toxins are magnified as they move up the food chain, like DDT going from the minnows to the Bald Eagle. What is biomagnification?

The type of growth shown in this graph. Population Growth $100 The type of growth shown in this graph. The type of growth shown in this graph. What is logistic growth? What is exponential growth?

These are 3 density-dependent limiting factors. Population Growth $200 These are 3 density-dependent limiting factors. What is competition, predation, disease or parasitism?

What is zero population growth or ZPG? This occurs when the death rate and emigration is equal to the birth rate and immigration. What is zero population growth or ZPG?

The maximum number of individuals an environment can support. Population Growth $400 The maximum number of individuals an environment can support. What is a carrying capacity?

What was density-independent limiting factor? Population Growth $500 A limiting factor such as tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, seasonal changes. What was density-independent limiting factor?

The characteristic of a bear hibernating in winter Random Ecology $100 The characteristic of a bear hibernating in winter What is responding to stimuli?

The first step in the scientific method. Random Ecology $200 The first step in the scientific method. What is asking a quesiton?

Cats mate and produce kittens Random Ecology $300 Cats mate and produce kittens What is the characteristic of reproducing?

What is an independent variable? Remember DRY MIX Random Ecology $400 The variable in an experiment that is changed or manipulated by the scientist. What is an independent variable? Remember DRY MIX

A person sweating during exercise. Random Ecology $500 A person sweating during exercise. What is maintaining homeostasis ?