Population Dynamics Jeopardy Ask the Answer to the Question
Instructions Choose your category from the 4 listed above Choose your cash prize from $100-$500 Correctly ask the question that fits the answer Double Jeopardy answers are worth double Unasked answers default to the opposing team Each team may ask three questions in a turn Winning team has the most money at the end
Population Definitions Population Dynamics Population Change Factors Limiting Growth
A: The place in which a species lives Q: What is a habitat?
A: The maximum number of organisms that can be sustained in a habitat over a specified amount of time Q: What is the carrying capacity?
A: A measure of growth which is predictable and regular Q: What is geometric growth?
A: The living components of an ecosystem Q: What are biotic factors?
A: A species native to a certain area Q: What is an indigenous species?
A: The study of populations over time Q: What is population dynamics?
A: A growth rate which becomes more rapid in proportion to population size Q: What is exponential growth?
A: The non-living components of an ecosystem Q: What are abiotic factors?
A: A species not native to an area Q: What is an exotic species?
A: The natural growth rate of a species in a habitat Q: What is fecundity?
A: Δ = [(b + i) – (d + e) / n x 100 Q: What is the equation for population change?
A: Species living in an ecosystem which feed on other organisms Q: What are consumers?
A: D = n/s Q: What is population density?
A: Clumped, uniform or random Q: What are population dispersion patterns?
A: The role of the crab in this food web Q: What is a producer of food for lobsters and a consumer of food such as mussels?
A:Species living in an ecosystem which act as food for other organisms Q: What are producers?
A: A series of interconnected organisms representing energy flow Q: What is a food web?
A: A method of tagging species for tracking Q: What is the mark/recapture method?
A: The population change of this species: b = 10 i = 2 d = 5 e =1 n = 50 Q: Δ = [(b + i)– (d + e) / n x 100 = [(10 + 2) – (5 + 1) / 50 x 100 = 6/50 x 100 = 12
A: The tiers in a food web through which energy is passed Q: What is a trophic level?