1. Terrarium Information
Ecosystems Jeopardy
Vocabulary
Aquarium Information
Terrarium Information
Mystery Round
Environment 10 20 30 40 50

2. What is a consumer?
(10 points)
Category

3. What is the name of the process by which plants create their own food?
(20 points)
Category

4. What is the name for organisms that make their own food
What is the name for organisms that make their own food? Give an example.
( 30 points)

5. What does qualities does the pH of a substance measure?
(40 points)

6. What is a scavenger? Give an example of a scavenger from our ecocolumn.
(50 points)

7. What non-living things do aquatic plants need to live?
( 10 points)

8. A mountain stream is a fast moving aquatic environment
A mountain stream is a fast moving aquatic environment. What is an example of a slow moving aquatic environment?
( 20 points)

9. Which is a better choice: to put 2-3 sprigs of elodea in our aquarium or to put sprigs of elodea in our aquarium? Why?
( 30 points)

10. Give one example of a salt water ecosystem and one example of a fresh water ecosystem.
(40 points)

11. What change in an ecosystem would provide evidence that fish are eating plants? How could you observe that change?
(50 points)

12. If the mustard seeds grew 3 cm in 10 days, make a prediction about the 20th day.
(10 points)

13. Why did we put our crickets and isopods in our terrarium AFTER planting the seeds?
( 20 points)

14. Identify two living and two non-living things in our ecocolumns.
(30 points)

15. What benefit occurs when plants and animals decay in soil?
(40 points)

16. Four terrariums are used for a pollution experiment
Four terrariums are used for a pollution experiment. Three of the terrariums are polluted and one is not. What is the terrarium that is NOT polluted called?
The control
The variable
The pollutant
The experiment
(50 points)

17. What is the primary energy source for a riverbank ecosystem?
(10 points)

18. Name a substance or object that is extremely acidic.
(20 points)

19. What is a source of energy for a consumer?
( 30 points)

20. It’s a woodland ecosystem
The zoo has a large penguin exhibit. Visitors can watch the penguins play, eat, and swim. What type of ecosystem is this?
It’s a woodland ecosystem
It’s a toy ecosystem
It’s a large ecosystem
It’s a model ecosystem
( 40 points)

21. The terrarium without oil The use of oil
A class creates two terrariums. Oil is added to one as a pollutant, but not the other. What is the variable in this experiment?
The terrarium without oil
The use of oil
The use of two terrariums for one question
(50 points)

22. Which of these is an environmental problem: littering or people walking dogs in the street?
(10 points)

23. True or False: Rock salt is not an environmental problem because it’s used to prevent car accidents on snowy roads.
(20 points)

24. Which of the following is the best way to test pH levels in soil?
Place pH paper in the sun on top of the soil
Plant pH paper with the seeds
Press pH paper into the soil until it gets wet
( 30 points)

25. Explain how living things in an ecosystem are impacted by pollutants and environmental problems.
(40 points)

26. Name three possible substances that could pollute an ecosystem.
(50 points)