Energy And Burning Nuts Resources 100 CC And LF EcosystemsFood Webs Population Estimation & Miscellaneous Final Jeopardy
This type of energy is stored in food. Back ANSWER: What is potential energy?
This unit is used to measure energy in food. Back ANSWER: What is a calorie?
A food Calorie is equal to this many scientific calories. Back ANSWER: What is 1000 scientific calories?
This is the formula used to calculate calories. Back ANSWER: What is MASS OF WATER x TEMPERATURE CHANGE = calories?
We made this instrument in order to measure the calories in a peanut. Back ANSWER: What is a calorimeter?
Water is this type of resource. Back ANSWER: What is an essential resource? Resources 100pts
This is the definition of a non- essential resource. Back ANSWER: What is a resource that is not needed for survival? Resources 200pts
Back This is why the people of Rapa Nui were not able to sustain themselves. ANSWER: What is they gradually deforested the land causing the soils to be unsuitable for crop yield? Resources 300pts
This is how a renewable and non-renewable resource differs. Back ANSWER: What is a renewable resource has an unlimited supply whereas a non-renewable resource can not be replenished or is replenished very slowly? Resources 400pts
Using moving water(dam) to produce electricity is an example of this type of resource. Back ANSWER: What is renewable resource? Resources 500pts
This organism forms the base of the food web and receives its energy from the sun. Back ANSWER: What is a producer? Food Webs 100
This organism feeds off of decaying matter and recycles it back to earth. Back ANSWER: What is a decomposer? Food Webs 200
This is where a primary consumer gets its energy from. Back ANSWER: What is a producer? Food Webs 300
Back This organism can be considered a secondary and tertiary consumer. ANSWER: What is a snake? Food Webs 400
This organism is a secondary consumer. Back ANSWER: What is a frog, ladybug, snake, buzzard, and fox? Food Webs 500
An ecosystem is made up of these two types of factors. Back ANSWER: What is biotic and abiotic factors? Ecosystems 100
32 inches of rainfall occurs in the midwest each year. This is an example of this type of factor. Back ANSWER: What is abiotic? Ecosystems 200
This the definition of a population Back ANSWER: What is a group of organisms of the same species living in the same area at the same time? Ecosystems 300
This is how a population and community differ. Back ANSWER: What is a community is ALL the populations of organisms in a particular area? Ecosystems 400
Back ANSWER: What is a community is made up of only biotic factors whereas an ecosystem is made up of biotic and abiotic factors? This is how a community and ecosystem differ. Ecosystems 500
This type of species is non-native to an area and usually has detrimental effects on an Ecosystem. Back ANSWER: What is an invasive species? Population Estimation & Miscellaneous 100
This caused the birds of Guam to become extinct. Back ANSWER: What is the brown tree snake preyed upon the birds and competed with the birds for food? Population Estimation & Miscellaneous 200
This variable is purposefully Changed in an experiment. Back ANSWER: What is independent variable? Population Estimation & Miscellaneous 300
Back This method was used to estimate the population of sea otters living in Glacier Bay. ANSWER: What is the capture-tag- recapture method? Population Estimation & Miscellaneous 400
This is the formula for estimating a population of organisms. Back What is total tagged = # tagged in sample x total # captured in sample? Population Estimation & Miscellaneous 500
Back ANSWER: What is the number of organisms an ecosystem can support? Carrying Capacity and Limiting Factors 100
Back This is the definition of a density- dependent factor. ANSWER: What is a limiting factor that depends on the population size? Carrying Capacity and Limiting Factors 200
A disease spreads through a school of fish living in Lake Michigan. This is an example of this type of limiting factor. Back ANSWER: What density-independent factor? Carrying Capacity and Limiting Factors 300
This is the carrying capacity from year 4 to year 7. Back ANSWER: What is 100? Carrying Capacity and Limiting Factors 400
How many years did this population stay at a carrying capacity of 200? Back ANSWER: What is 2 years? Carrying Capacity and Limiting Factors 500
An initial population of 32 otters are captured and then released. 45 were captured in the second sample, 15 of which were tagged. Estimate the population. Back ANSWER: What is 96 otters? 32 = 15 x 45