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Final Jeopardy

2. 1 - $100 The original source of energy in most food chains.
What is sunlight?

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The name of the trophic level that consumes the first level consumers.
What is a second level consumer?

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The ability to convert energy found in inorganic compounds to make carbohydrates.
What is chemosynthesis?

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An ecological pyramid that shows the amount of living tissue at each trophic level.
What is a biomass pyramid?

6. 1 - $500 The type of ecological pyramid shown here.
What is an energy pyramid?

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The role an organism plays in it’s habitat.
What is a niche?

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The ecological rule that no two species can occupy the same niche in the same habitat at the same time.
What is the competitive exclusion principle?

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The type of symbiotic relationship where one organism is helped while the other is unaffected.
What is commensalism?

10. 2 - $400 The name of an example of a pioneer species.
What is a lichen?

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A factor that creates a range of environmental conditions that shape ecosystems.
What is climate?

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The maximum population size that can be supported by the available resources.
What is carrying capacity?

13. 3 - $200 Unlimited population growth as shown in a “J” curve.
What is exponential growth?

14. 3 - $300 One way to reduce the size of a population. What is:
decrease birthrate?
increase deathrate?
increase emigration?
decrease immigration?

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Increasing the size of a population will do this to the amount of competition.
What is increase?

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Unusual weather is an example of this type of limiting factor.
What is density-independent?

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Temperatures on Earth are maintained in a life-supporting range by this process.
What is the greenhouse effect?

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The chemical responsible for the depletion of the ozone layer.
What is chloroflourocarbon (CFC)?

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Increasing concentration of a harmful substance in higher trophic levels in a food chain.
What is biological magnification?

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Using non-renewable resources in a limited way to extend their use in the future.
What is sustainability?

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Formed by sulfur and nitrogen from smog when they combine with water.
What is acid rain?

22. 5 - $100 The conversion of nitrates into nitrogen gas.
What is denitrification?

23. 5 - $200 The conversion of nitrogen gas into ammonia.
What is nitrogen fixation?

24. 5 - $300 The evaporation of water from the leaves of plants.
What is transpiration?

25. 5 - $400 How is carbon removed from the atmosphere?
What is photosynthesis?

26. 5 - $500 The macromolecule that phosphorus contributes to.
What is nucleic acid?

27. Final Jeopardy
List the levels of organization in ecology from least inclusive to most inclusive.
Species – population – community – ecosystem – biome – biosphere