Jeopardy Nature of Science Earth Systems Water Resources and Our Ocean Vocabulary Ecosystems Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question The Nature of Science What is a dependent variable?

$100 Answer The Nature of Science The variable that is measured

$200 Question The Nature of Science A scientific theory explains ____________ something happens in nature.

$200 Answer The Nature of Science why

$300 Question The Nature of Science An idea in science that is not researched is called a _____________________

$300 Answer The Nature of Science conjecture

$400 Question The Nature of Science Why do scientific experiments need to be repeated and be able to be replicated?

$400 Answer The Nature of Science It validates the results and makes them more accurate.

$500 Question The Nature of Science You decide to clean the bathroom. You notice that the shower is covered in a strange green slime. You decide to try to get rid of this slime by adding lemonade juice. You spray half of the shower with lemonade juice and spray the other half of the shower with water. After 3 days of spraying equal amounts 3 times a day, there is no change in the appearance of the green slime on either side of the shower You decide to clean the bathroom. You notice that the shower is covered in a strange green slime. You decide to try to get rid of this slime by adding lemonade juice. You spray half of the shower with lemonade juice and spray the other half of the shower with water. After 3 days of spraying equal amounts 3 times a day, there is no change in the appearance of the green slime on either side of the shower. What is the dependent variable in this experiment?

$500 Answer The Nature of Science The amount of green slime

$100 Question Earth Systems What is the name of the large cloud of gas and dust in the universe from which all planets were formed?

$100 Answer Earth Systems A nebula

$200 Question Earth Systems The Universal Law of Gravitation states that...

$200 Answer Earth Systems Everything with mass has gravity and is attracted to everything else with mass or gravity.

$300 Question Earth Systems As global temperature increases, the weathering rate and CO2 absorption _______________.

$300 Answer Earth Systems increases

$400 Question Earth Systems What is biogeochemical cycling?

$400 Answer Earth Systems The cycling of elements from both living and nonliving parts of Earth

$500 Question Earth Systems List 3 ways that carbon gets into the atmosphere.

$500 Answer Earth Systems Respiration, decay of organic materials, burning fossil fuels, factory and car emissions.

$100 Question Water Resources and Our Ocean A nonrenewable resource is one that..

$100 Answer Water Resources and Our Ocean Either cannot be replenished or needs a lot of time to replenish

$200 Question Water Resources and Our Ocean How much fresh water is available for direct human use and what is most of it used for?

$200 Answer Water Resources and Our Ocean Less than 1% and it is used for agriculture

$300 Question Water Resources and Our Ocean What does the word “sustainability” mean?

$300 Answer Water Resources and Our Ocean Using the at risk resources on Earth at a rate that allows them time to be renewed.

$400 Question Water Resources and Our Ocean What are the three types of desalination?

$400 Answer Water Resources and Our Ocean Distillation, Freezing, Reverse Osmosis

$500 Question Water Resources and Our Ocean Define eutrophication and list 3 negative effects of it on an aquatic ecosystem.

$500 Answer Water Resources and Our Ocean Eutrophication is the increase of nutrients in a body of water that increases algae growth, decreases oxygen levels, and decreases photosynthetic organisms which leads to a decrease in biodiversity levels.

$100 Question Vocabulary What does the term “ecological footprint” mean?

$100 Answer Vocabulary Ecological footprint is the measure of demand that you place on the Earth’s resources based on the way that you live your life.

$200 Question Vocabulary The process of removing salt from ocean water is called...

$200 Answer Vocabulary desalination

$300 Question Vocabulary The part of water purification that involves spraying water into the air is called...

$300 Answer Vocabulary Aeration

$400 Question Vocabulary The total amount of organic matter available in a trophic level is called

$400 Answer Vocabulary biomass

$500 Question Vocabulary What is the cause and effect of ocean acidification?

$500 Answer Vocabulary Ocean acidification is the increase in ocean acidity caused by the absorption of extra CO2 from our atmosphere into the ocean. The effect is the breakdown of shells or corals.

$100 Question Ecosystems A heterotroph is....

$100 Answer Ecosystems An organism that cannot make their own food and must obtain it from consuming another organism.

$200 Question Ecosystems A producer is the same as an ______________, something that makes it’s own food.

$200 Answer Ecosystems autotroph

$300 Question Ecosystems How much biomass (chemical energy) is available in a trophic level pyramid when you move up the pyramid from a lower level to the next level?

$300 Answer Ecosystems 10%

$400 Question Ecosystems List a producer, 1 primary consumer, and 1 third level consumer from this marine food web.

$400 Answer Ecosystems Producer: Phytoplankton 1 st Level Consumer: Krill, Cod, or Zooplankton 3 rd level concumer: Killer Whale, Seal, Penguin

$500 Question Ecosystems What is biomagnification?

$500 Answer Ecosystems Biological magnification is the increasing concentration of a pollutant in organisms at higher levels because the pollutants are ingested but not secreted.

Final Jeopardy If there are 800 kilocalories of energy at the producer level, how many kilocalories will be available to the secondary consumers?

Final Jeopardy Answer 8 kilocalories