1. BIODIVERSITY JEOPARDY BIODIVERSITY JEOPARDY BasicsGenetic and Species Ecosystem and Biomes Importance Threats and Challenges $10 $20 $30 $40 $50 Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

2. Answer The Earth’s greatest natural resource. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

3. Question What is Biodiversity? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

4. Answer Biodiversity Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

5. Question What is the variability of all living organisms? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

6. Answer The three levels of Biodiversity. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

7. Question What are genetic, species and ecosystem? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

8. Answer Although they never met, the two scientists primarily responsible for our understanding of the link between adaptation and genetics. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

9. Question Who are Mendel and Darwin? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

10. Answer The classification categories for living things from least to most diverse. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

11. Question What is species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, Kingdom, Domain? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

12. Answer A species not in immediate danger of extinction, but at risk. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

13. Question What is threatened species? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

14. Double JEAPORDY How much do you wish to wager? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

15. Double JEAPORDY Answer The variety of individuals in an ecosystem. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

16. Double JEAPORDY Question What is species diversity? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

17. Answer Source of variation that allows populations to adapt to environmental changes. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

18. Question What is genetic diversity? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

19. Answer Non-native species. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

20. Question What is introduced species? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

21. Question Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

22. Answer What is when a small population repeatedly experiences interbreeding and genetic drift with loss of genetic variation being key? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

23. Question Extinction vortex Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

24. Answer Large area filled with grasses, flowers and herbs- also known as the “bread basket of America” Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

25. Question What is the Temperate Grassland Biome? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

26. Answer Two biomes which are characterized by extreme temperatures and low biodiversity. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

27. Question What are Tundra and Desert? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

28. Answer May help moderate the greenhouse effect by consuming huge quantities of CO2 for photosynthesis and for building bicarbonate shells. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

29. Question What are productive dense regions, “pastures” of Phytoplankton in the Oceans? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

30. Answer The minimum population size at which a species is able to sustain its numbers and survive. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

31. Question What is the minimum viable population (MVP)? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

32. Answer A small area with a very high concentration of species and a large number of endangered and threatened species. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

33. Question What is a Biodiversity Hot Spot? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

34. Answer 3 Ecosystem services provided by a healthy biodiversity. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

35. Question What are (any 3) Air and water purification Less severe droughts and floods Soil generation and preservation Waste decomposition and detoxification Nutrient cycling Pollination and natural vegetation Seed dispersal Shoreline erosion protection? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

36. Answer Three Biological resources provided to humans by a healthy biodiversity. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

37. Question What are (any 3) Food Medicine Fibers, Clothes Wood products Ornamental plants Diversity in genes, species and ecosystem? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

38. Answer Interspecific interactions between organisms. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

39. Question What are competition, predation, plant eating, and symbiosis (any 3) Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

40. Answer Less than 2% of land on earth, yet home to more than a third of all species of plants, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

41. Question What is the “Hottest” terrestrial biodiversity hot spot? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

42. Answer E.O. Wilson calls it “biophilia”. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

43. Question What is, one main reason for preserving biodiversity: Our sense of connection to nature and other forms of life? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

44. Answer Three threats to biodiversity. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

45. Question What are habitat loss, introduced species, and overexploitation? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

46. Answer The three focal points of population conservation Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

47. Question What are population size, genetic diversity and critical habitat? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

48. Answer Development of land that does not limit future generations. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

49. Question What is sustainable development? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

50. Answer Detoxifying polluted ecosystems using plants, fungi, and prokaryotes. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

51. Question What is bioremediation? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

52. Answer The use of organisms to add essential nutrients to a depleted ecosystem. Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers

53. Question What is biological augmentation? Harvard University Life Sciences – HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers