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3. Nevada Department of Wildlife The “Welcome to Jeopardy” game template was designed for educational purposes by Mark E. Damon. For copyright information see the slide at the end of the game. The Nevada Department of Wildlife created this “Wildlife in Jeopardy” game. For more information contact: Adrienne Forbes aforbes@ndow.org June 2005

4. Black Bears in Jeopardy

5. DIRECTIONS First, print out the score sheets provided in the other link. On the next slide you will see three player names- YOGI, TEDDY, and WINNIE. Choose a player and click on the “Round 1” button. Under the subject headings, click on a dollar amount, read the question, and say the answer aloud. Click on the screen to see the correct answer. Next, click on the “Scores” button, which brings the player back to the scores slide. If the answer was right, type the score under the player. It is the next player’s turn. Click on the “Round 1” button again and continue play until all the questions have been selected in Round 1. On your score sheets, put an X over the questions that have already been chosen. Once all the questions in Round 1 have been chosen, go to Round 2 by clicking on the “Round 2” button. After all the questions in Round 2 have been chosen, go to the Final Jeopardy question by clicking on the “Final Jeopardy” box. *All answers to this game can be found on the Nevada Department of Wildlife website: http://www.ndow.org/wild/animals/facts/black_bear.shtm http://www.ndow.org/wild/animals/facts/black_bear.shtm

6. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Round 1Round 2 Final Jeopardy YOGITEDDYWINNIE

7. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Life Cycle Eating and Hibernation Humans and Black Bears The Black Bear Body Habitat Human Conditioned Bears $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Round 2 Final Jeopardy Scores

8. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 The name of a newborn baby bear

9. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What is: Cub? What is: Cub? Scores

10. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 The name of an adult female black bear

11. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is: Sow? What is: Sow? Scores

12. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 The name of a full-grown male black bear

13. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 What is a boar? Scores

14. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 The amount of time a cub remains with its mother after it is born

15. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is: 1½ years? What is: 1½ years? Scores

16. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 The length of time it takes a black bear cub to develop inside the mother (Hint: Shorter than the 9 months it takes for human babies to develop) The length of time it takes a black bear cub to develop inside the mother (Hint: Shorter than the 9 months it takes for human babies to develop)

17. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 What is: 7 months? What is: 7 months? Scores

18. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 During winter, black bears do this

19. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What is: They enter a deep sleep? (hibernation or torpor also acceptable answers) What is: They enter a deep sleep? (hibernation or torpor also acceptable answers) Scores

20. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 The term for an animal that has a diet, like black bears, ranging anywhere from meat, berries, grass, and even people’s garbage

21. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Scores What is: Omnivore? What is: Omnivore?

22. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 The amount of calories a black bear eats per day prior to winter slumber

23. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Scores What is: More than 20,000? What is: More than 20,000?

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25. $400 The amount of fat a black bear gains before winter slumber

26. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Scores What is: 4 and ¾ inches of fat? What is: 4 and ¾ inches of fat?

27. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 The technical term for this “winter slumber” that Black Bears go into, where the body temperature does not drop as dramatically as in hibernation and the animal is able to awaken

28. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 What is: Torpor? What is: Torpor? Scores

29. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Something that would be dangerous to do even if a black bear looks hungry

30. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What is: Feed the black bear? What is: Feed the black bear? Scores

31. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 An action that triggers an attack signal to a black bear and will prompt it to chase you

32. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is: Running? What is: Running? Scores

33. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 This action by humans will intimidate a black bear and will most likely discourage it from attacking

34. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 What is: Standing tall and making yourself look big? What is: Standing tall and making yourself look big? Scores

35. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 The main things humans do that attract bears to their homes and camps

36. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is: Setting garbage out or leaving food out in non-bear-proof containers? What is: Setting garbage out or leaving food out in non-bear-proof containers? Scores

37. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Two bear safety practices that can keep bears out of people’s campsites

38. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 What is: Cooking away from tents and locking up food and other scented products in bear- resistant containers? What is: Cooking away from tents and locking up food and other scented products in bear- resistant containers? Scores

39. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Black bears can be any one of these colors

40. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What is: Anything from blonde to black? What is: Anything from blonde to black? Scores

41. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Black bears may live this long in the wild

42. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is: 25-30 years? What is: 25-30 years? Scores

43. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Out of the five senses, this one is the finest of the black bear

44. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 What is: The sense of smell? What is: The sense of smell? Scores

45. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Black bears have been known to run up to this speed

46. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is: 35 mph? What is: 35 mph? Scores

47. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 On average, black bears are in this weight range

48. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 What is: Between 100 and 600 lbs? What is: Between 100 and 600 lbs? Scores

49. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 The four components of habitat that black bears need to live

50. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What are: Food, water, shelter and space? What are: Food, water, shelter and space? Scores

51. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 It is difficult for black bears to live in cities, like Reno, because of the lack of this habitat component

52. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is: Space? What is: Space? Scores

53. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 The location where most black bears in Nevada can be found

54. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 What is: Lake Tahoe and the surrounding Sierra Nevada mountain range? What is: Lake Tahoe and the surrounding Sierra Nevada mountain range? Scores

55. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 A favorite spot for black bears to easily find and eat human food not stored in bear-proof containers

56. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is: A campground? Acceptable answers could also include: trash cans & dumpsters What is: A campground? Acceptable answers could also include: trash cans & dumpsters Scores

57. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Those responsible for most of the habitat loss of black bears

58. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 What are: Humans? What are: Humans? Scores

59. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 A black bear that becomes accustomed to humans

60. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What is: A human conditioned or nuisance bear? What is: A human conditioned or nuisance bear? Scores

61. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 The cause of black bears becoming human conditioned

62. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is: Leaving food sources available to black bears? Some examples: garbage, birdfeeders, fish ponds, messy campsites What is: Leaving food sources available to black bears? Some examples: garbage, birdfeeders, fish ponds, messy campsites Scores

63. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 The last action that is taken with a nuisance bear in Nevada

64. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 What is: The bear is killed? What is: The bear is killed? Scores

65. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 The reasons human conditioned bears can be dangerous

66. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What are: They lose their fear of humans and can become aggressive? What are: They lose their fear of humans and can become aggressive? Scores

67. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 The NDOW dog that helps relocate nuisance bears

68. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 What is: Stryker the dog? What is: Stryker the dog? Scores

69. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Physical Characteristics Capabilities of Black Bears Range and Territory Black Bear Offspring Science and Black Bears Black Bear Fables and Lore $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 Round 1 Final Jeopardy Scores

70. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 The term used when the color of the black bears’ hide provides protection from predators

71. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is: Camouflage? What is: Camouflage? Scores

72. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Adult humans have 32 teeth; adult black bears have…

73. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is: 42 teeth? What is: 42 teeth? Scores

74. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 This physical characteristic of black bears provides warmth during winter and acts as a waterproof layer

75. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 What is: A double-layer of hair on their hide? What is: A double-layer of hair on their hide? Scores

76. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 The primary reason a black bear will stand on its hind legs when looking at an object

77. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 What is: To see better? (Black bears have small eyes and poor eyesight) What is: To see better? (Black bears have small eyes and poor eyesight) Scores

78. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 Something bears leave behind that shows the different things they’ve eaten

79. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 What is: Scat or droppings? What is: Scat or droppings? Scores

80. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Black bears can run in bursts up to this speed

81. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is: >30 mph? What is: >30 mph? Scores

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83. $400 The distance from which a black bear can detect a scent

84. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is: > 3 miles? What is: > 3 miles? Scores

85. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 The ability that enables black bears to get food from fruit trees

86. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 What is: The ability to climb trees? What is: The ability to climb trees? Scores

87. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 A black bear’s sense of smell is this much greater than a human’s

88. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 What is: 15 times greater? What is: 15 times greater? Scores

89. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 Black bears have been known to get into people’s houses by doing this

90. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 What is: Unlocking doors or picking locks with their claws? What is: Unlocking doors or picking locks with their claws? Scores

91. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 The most common bear species in the world

92. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is: The North American black bear? What is: The North American black bear? Scores

93. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Depending on the amount of food available, a black bear’s territory/home range will be this size

94. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is: 3 – 10 square miles? What is: 3 – 10 square miles? Scores

95. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 Two ways in which bears silently communicate with one another

96. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 What are: Leaving claw marks on trees and rubbing their scent on trees What are: Leaving claw marks on trees and rubbing their scent on trees Scores

97. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 Black bears usually travel to find food within this area

98. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 What is: Their home range? What is: Their home range? Scores

99. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 A male bear will leave this behind to mark its territory

100. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 What is: Hair, urine or scat What is: Hair, urine or scat Scores

101. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Black bear cubs climb these in case of danger

102. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What are: Trees? What are: Trees? Scores

103. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 The name for a bear cub once it is one year old

104. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is a yearling? Scores

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106. $600 The gender of a black bear cub that will, after living with its mother, travel far to find its own territory

107. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 What is: The male? (Female yearlings remain close to their mother’s home range) What is: The male? (Female yearlings remain close to their mother’s home range) Scores

108. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 The location where bear cubs are born

109. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 What is: In their mothers’ den? What is: In their mothers’ den? Scores

110. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 The weight and length of a newborn cub

111. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 What is: 10 ounces and 8 inches? What is: 10 ounces and 8 inches? Scores

112. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 The scientific name for the North American black bear

113. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is: Ursus americanus? What is: Ursus americanus? Scores

114. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Bears and humans both belong to this animal kingdom

115. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What are: Mammals? What are: Mammals? Scores

116. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 The term for animals like black bears that are active both during the day and at night

117. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 What is: Diurnal? What is: Diurnal? Scores

118. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 Two well-known constellations named after bears

119. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 What are: Ursa Major (Big Dipper) and Ursa Minor (Little Dipper)? Ursa Major means “Great Bear”. Ursa Minor means “Little Bear”. What are: Ursa Major (Big Dipper) and Ursa Minor (Little Dipper)? Ursa Major means “Great Bear”. Ursa Minor means “Little Bear”. Scores

120. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 The part of the bear’s body used for medicinal purposes (This leads to poaching of bears in some areas) The part of the bear’s body used for medicinal purposes (This leads to poaching of bears in some areas)

121. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 What is: The gall bladder? What is: The gall bladder? Scores

122. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 In Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Goldilocks should have respected the bears’ habitat and not have done this

123. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is: Entered their den or home? What is: Entered their den or home? Scores

124. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 In Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin plays with Pooh Bear. In real life, children should never…

125. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is: Approach or try to play with bears? What is: Approach or try to play with bears? Scores

126. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 These two fictional bears are known for stealing picnic baskets and eating campers’ food

127. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 Who are: Yogi the Bear and Boo-Boo? Who are: Yogi the Bear and Boo-Boo? Scores

128. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 This fictional bear is a symbol to remind people to be careful with fire

129. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 Who is: Smokey the Bear? Who is: Smokey the Bear? Scores

130. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 Unlike real-life bears which can be clever and dangerous, these man-made bears are cute and cuddly

131. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 What are: Teddy bears? What are: Teddy bears? Scores

132. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Scores Nevada’s Black Bears Final Jeopardy Question

133. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A way to keep Nevada’s wildlife wild

134. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What is: Do not feed wildlife? What is: Do not feed wildlife? Scores

135. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved “Welcome to Jeopardy” game template created by: © 2002 - All rights Reserved nygiantsbigblue@yahoo.com

136. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Directions: Scroll through the presentation and enter the answers (which are really the questions) and the questions (which are really the answers). Enter in the categories on the main game boards. As you play the game, click on the TEXT DOLLAR AMOUNT that the contestant calls, not the surrounding box. When they have given a question, click again anywhere on the screen to see the correct question. Keep track of which questions have already been picked by printing out the game board screen and checking off as you go. Click on the “Game” box to return to the main scoreboard. Enter the score into the black box on each players podium. Continue until all clues are given. When finished, DO NOT save the game. This will overwrite the program with the scores and data you enter. You MAY save it as a different name, but keep this file untouched!