Ecology Jeopardy Nutrient Cycles Ecosystems Energy Pollution 1 st semester or Grab-bag Final Jeopardy (if you get this wrong, you lose whatever you wagered)

Nutrient Cycles: 1 point Water vapor/gas changing to liquid can best be seen in which area of this water cycle? Home

Nutrient Cycles: 2 points Home The balance of the oxygen cycle is maintained by autotrophs releasing _(a)_____________ and heterotrophs releasing _(b)_____________.

Nutrient Cycles: 3 points Home Which nutrient/chemical cannot be found in the atmosphere of Earth? A)Water B)Carbon C)Nitrogen D)Phosphorus E)Oxygen It’s released from rocks

Nutrient Cycles: 4 points Home Bacteria converting nitrogen in the air (N2) into usable nitrogen in the soil is called ____________. N2N2 Nitrates

Nutrient Cycles: 5 points Home Fertilizers from agriculture are often washed into lakes. This causes an extreme growth of algae which leads to the death of the lake. What is this extreme growth of algae called?

Ecosystems: 1 point Home According to this food web, how many organisms would decomposers feed upon? seeds grass Grass- hopper spider Blue jay cat hawk owl squirrel

Ecosystems: 2 points Home Beavers play a role in a community… their dams block water to create wetlands. Bees play a role in a community. They help to pollinate flowering plants. Mushrooms play a role in a community. They help recycle nutrients back into the soil. What is an organisms role in the community called?

Ecosystems: 3 points Home Lichen and moss are often called ______________ species because they are the first to arrive in a newly formed area of land.

Ecosystems: 4 points Home Name the process of change where ecosystems gradually become more complex.

Ecosystems: 5 points Home Epiphytes are plants that live their entire lives atop trees. The epiphytes use the larger tree as a surface to grow but don’t help nor harm the larger tree. Which type of symbiosis is this? epiphyte

Energy: 1 point Home What percent of energy is lost at every level of a food chain?

Energy: 2 points Home Pretend this was a food chain common to a forest. Which consumer would be found in greatest numbers? (which consumer would have the largest population?) plant Grass- hopper mouse snake hawk

Energy: 3 points Home Which organism(s) pictured are detrivores? earthworm mushroom tree vulture fox

Energy: 4 points Home Examine the energy pyramid. How many calories would be available to the mouse? = 5,000,000 calories 500,000 calories 50,000 calories

Energy: 5 points Home In the 1980s, scientists discovered a species of bacteria that could feed on the chemicals released from deep sea vents. Name the process where bacteria convert these chemicals into energy.

Pollution: 1 point Home The three main needs to create smog are nitrogen oxides, oxygen, and ___________________.

Pollution: 2 points Home Two part question: A) The ozone layer is thinning because of which man-made chemical? B) What is striking the earth as a result of the thinning ozone layer?

Pollution: 3 points Home Pollutants such as mercury are absorbed by the producers and accumulate as you move up the food chain. This is an example of which environmental problem?

Pollution: 4 points Home Name the two acids that commonly fall in acid rain. ?????? acid ????? acid

Pollution: 5 points Home After deforestation, name the process where wind slowly carries away fertile topsoil. Clay Topsoil wind

1 st Semester Review: 1 point Home What is the diploid number of chromosomes according to this karyotype?

Grab Bag: 2 points Home President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 as he was driving through which American city?

1 st Semester Review: 3 points Home Place these letters in order from smallest to largest. A)Nucleotide B)Carbon C)Nucleic acid D)Nitrogen base

1 st Semester Review: 4 points Home Place the steps of protein creation in the order from start to finish. Step B Nucleolus creates the ribosome Step E Ribosomes exit the nucleus Step A Ribosomes attach and travel along the rough ER Step C Protein created by the ribosome is passed to the Golgi body Step D Vesicle protects the protein and releases it from the cell Step B Nucleolus creates the ribosome Step E Ribosomes exit the nucleus Step A Ribosomes attach and travel along the rough ER Step C Protein created by the ribosome is passed to the Golgi body Step D Vesicle protects the protein and releases it from the cell

Grab Bag: 5 points Home What is the best selling hip-hop album of all time? MC Hammer: Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt Em (1990) Notorious BIG: Life After Death (1997) Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III (2008) Eminem: Marshal Mathers LP (2000) 2Pac Greatest Hits (1998) Will Smith: Big Willie Style (1997)

Final Jeopardy Home The topic of the question is “Succession.” Directions: 1)On a piece of paper, write your group number and the amount of points you wish to gamble. 2)When ready, send one person to trade your wager for the question. The quicker you decide, the more time you will have to complete the task.

Final Jeopardy Home (1) ____________ are constantly changing. Both (2) ___________ and biotic factors change in every ecosystem. One type of ecosystem change is called (3) __________________. This results in one community replacing another over time. This process might begin on bare rock formed from the cooling of molten (4) ___________. This process begins when (5) ___________ & (6) ___________ also known as the (7) ______________________, begin living on and break down bare rock. When these organisms die, their remains mix with the rock pieces to form a thin layer of (8) _______________. This process of establishing and developing an ecosystem in a previously uninhabited area is called (9) __________________________. The mature community that eventually forms is called the (10) _____________________________. Sometimes that community is destroyed by a (11) _______________. A new community will replace the destroyed one through the process of (12) ______________________________. This process happens much (13) __________________ because the soil is usually left (14) _______________. Choices: Abiotic Ecosystems Intact Pioneer species Climax community Quicker Lichen Soil Fire Primary succession Moss Succession Lava Secondary succession Ecosystems abiotic succession lava moss/lichen pioneer species soil primary succession climax community fire secondary succession quicker intact

Print for each group (1) ____________ are constantly changing. Both (2) ___________ and biotic factors change in every ecosystem. One type of ecosystem change is called (3) __________________. This results in one community replacing another over time. This process might begin on bare rock formed from the cooling of molten (4) ___________. This process begins when (5) ___________ & (6) ___________ also known as the (7) ______________________, begin living on and break down bare rock. When these organisms die, their remains mix with the rock pieces to form a thin layer of (8) _______________. This process of establishing and developing an ecosystem in a previously uninhabited area is called (9) __________________________. The mature community that eventually forms is called the (10) _____________________________. Sometimes that community is destroyed by a (11) _______________. A new community will replace the destroyed one through the process of (12) ______________________________. This process happens much (13) __________________ because the soil is usually left (14) _______________. Choices: Abiotic Ecosystems Intact Pioneer species Climax community Quicker Lichen Soil Fire Primary succession Moss Succession Lava Secondary succession