1. Let's Review for the
FINAL EXAM!
Jeopardy Game #1

2. Ecology
Climatograms
Biomes
Populations
Laws 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5

3. Category 1 for 1
Question: What word describes the total way of life or role of a species in an ecosystem?
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4. Category 1 for 1
Answer: Niche
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5. Category 1 for 2 Question: What is another name for the water cycle?
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6. Category 1 for 2
Answer: Hydrologic Cycle
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7. Category 1 for 3
Question: In the following food chain, identify the producer, consumer, herbivore, and carnivore.
Grass  Rabbit  Snake  Owl
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8. Category 1 for 3 Answer: Grass: Producer Rabbit: Consumer, Herbivore
Snake: Consumer, Carnivore
Owl: Consumer, Carnivore
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9. Category 1 for 4
Question: What word (a process necessary for natural selection) describes differences in individuals within a population? For example, when there are several color morphs of the same species.
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10. Category 1 for 4
Answer: Variation
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11. Category 1 for 5
Question: Name and describe the 5 types of ecological relationships.
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12. Category 1 for 5 Answer: Back to the Game Board Mutualism + Parasitism
Species A
Species B
Mutualism +
Parasitism -
Commensalism o
Predation
Competition
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13. Category 2 for 1
Question: On a climatogram, what does the line graph represent and what does the bar graph represent?
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14. Category 2 for 1 Answer: Line Graph = Temperature
Bar Graph = Precipitation
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15. Category 2 for 2
Question: What biome is this?
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16. Category 2 for 2
Answer:
Tropical Rainforest
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17. Category 2 for 3
Question: What biome is this?
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18. Category 2 for 3
Answer: Tundra
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19. Category 2 for 4
Question: What biome is this?
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20. Category 2 for 4
Answer:
Deciduous Forest
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21. Category 2 for 5
Question: In what type of climate zone would you find this biome?
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22. Category 2 for 5
Answer:
Temperate Desert
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23. Category 3 for 1
Question: What is unique about the leaves in a Deciduous Forest?
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24. Category 3 for 1
Answer: They change color and fall off the trees in the fall.
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25. Category 3 for 2 Question: Which biome has the greatest biodiversity?
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26. Category 3 for 2
Answer:
Tropical Rainforest
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27. Category 3 for 3
Question: In which biome will you find lichens growing on a permanently frozen subsoil?
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28. Category 3 for 3
Answer: Tundra
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29. Category 3 for 4
Question: Why are there no forests in the grasslands and deserts?
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30. Category 3 for 4
Answer: Lack of precipitation
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31. Category 3 for 5
Question: Explain how the ears of these animals are adaptations for the biomes in which they live.
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32. Category 3 for 5
Answer: The jack rabbit has large ears to let out excess heat in the hot desert environment, while the arctic hare has smaller ears to retain heat in the polar regions.
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33. Category 4 for 1
Question: Complete this pattern to show exponential growth:
2, 4, 8, ___, ___, ___, …
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34. Category 4 for 1
Answer:
2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, …
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35. Category 4 for 2
Question:
Define carrying capacity.
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36. Category 4 for 2
Answer:
Maximum number of individuals that an ecosystem can support
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37. Category 4 for 3
Question: To date, what type of population growth curve is exhibited by the human population?
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38. Category 4 for 3
Answer: Exponential
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39. Category 4 for 4
Question: Identify 2 reasons for the rapid growth of the human population after 1750.
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40. Category 4 for 4
Answer: Industry, Technology, Improved Sanitation, Better Medicine, etc.
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41. Category 4 for 5
Question: What type of population growth curve is typical of closed populations?
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42. Category 4 for 5 Answer: Full Cycle (Boom & Bust)
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43. Category 5 for 1
Question: Identify the law that provides legal protection to species that are in decline.
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44. Category 5 for 1
Answer:
Endangered Species Act
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45. Category 5 for 2
Question: What law regulates the discharge of pollutants into waterways to maintain their biological, chemical, and physical integrity?
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46. Category 5 for 2
Answer: Clean Water Act
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47. Category 5 for 3
Question: Identify the law that required the development of standards for drinking water consumption.
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48. Category 5 for 3 Answer: Safe Drinking Water Act
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49. Category 5 for 4
Question: What law limits impervious surfaces on land development and encourages forest buffers to protect our waterways?
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50. Category 5 for 4
Answer:
Critical Area Act
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51. Category 5 for 5
Question: What law created guidelines for the amount of forest land that needs to be planted after construction projects are completed?
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52. Category 5 for 5 Answer: Forest Conservation Act
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53. FINAL JEOPARDY
What is the number one cause of all environmental problems facing the Earth today?