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2. Ecology
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3. Parts of an
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4. Parts of an Ecosystem for $100
Any organism that performs photosynthesis.
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5. (or autotrophs or producers)
Green Plants
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6. Parts of an Ecosystem for $200
Any organism that must obtain food and eat to obtain nutrients.
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7. Consumer
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8. Parts of an Ecosystem $300
Any organism that causes dead organisms to decay, recycling nutrients back into the soil.
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9. Decomposers (or saprophytes)
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10. Parts of an Ecosystem for $400
Term meaning “Organic material” that is present in an ecosystem. This type of factor is either an organism (dead or alive), or some product of an organism (like feces or tree sap).
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11. Biotic Factor
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12. Parts of an Ecosystem for $500
Three examples of Abiotic Factors that could be found in an ecosystem.
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13. Water, Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen, Temperature, Terrain, etc.
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14. Animal that hunts for its food.
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Animal that hunts for its food.
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15. Predator
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16. Animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal.
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Animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal.
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17. Prey
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18. What is another name for the organism that eats producers?
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What is another name for the organism that eats producers?
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19. Primary Consumer
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20. Relationships for $400
Name for the type of organism that eats other organisms. (not carnivore)
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21. Secondary Consumer
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22. What do the arrows in a food chain or web represent?
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What do the arrows in a food chain or web represent?
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23. Passing energy on from one source to another
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24. What do “Producers” produce?
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What do “Producers” produce?
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25. Glucose (food)
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26. Primary consumers in a food chain must always eat what kind of food?
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Primary consumers in a food chain must always eat what kind of food?
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27. Green Plants
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28. Term used to describe animals that eat both plants and other animals
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Term used to describe animals that eat both plants and other animals
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29. Omnivore
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30. The term used to describe animals that eat producers.
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The term used to describe animals that eat producers.
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31. Herbivores
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32. Nutrition for $500
Term used to describe a complicated pattern of overlapping food chains.
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33. Food web
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34. Changes in an Ecosystem for $100
An organism’s role in the ecosystem
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35. Niche
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36. Changes in an Ecosystem for $200
Process of change that occurs in an ecosystem as new plant and animal life enter
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37. Ecological Succession
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38. Changes in an Ecosystem for $300
Term used to describe a stable ecosystem that has completed succession
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39. Climax Community
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40. Changes in an Ecosystem for $400
Term used to describe an ecosystem that is starting over after a major event
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41. Primary Succession
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42. Changes in an Ecosystem for $500
Term used to describe an environment that begins recover quickly after an event
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43. Secondary Succession
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44. Energy for $100
All of the energy that is present in an ecosystem comes from this source
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45. Sun
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46. Type of organism that can transform light energy into chemical energy
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Type of organism that can transform light energy into chemical energy
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47. Green Plants
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48. Percentage of calories passed on at each step up on the food chain.
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Percentage of calories passed on at each step up on the food chain.
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49. 10% is passed on, 90% is lost
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50. How is energy transferred from one organism to another
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How is energy transferred from one organism to another
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51. Consumer eats the producer or another consumer
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52. Energy for $500
These two types of organisms must be present in order for an ecosystem to be self-sustaining.
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53. Producers and Decomposers
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54. Final Jeopardy

55. Term for the sustainability of an ecosystem

56. Biodiversity

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58. One player game Choose a category.
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60. If the answer is correct, player one chooses again.
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