2. Ecology basics Energy & Food webs Carbon Cycle Statistics Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Climate change Ecosystem Jeopardy!

3. $100 Question Ecology basics Fill in the blanks below: a group of organisms that can interbreed &.

4. $100 Answer Ecology basics ? Species : a group of organism that can interbreed & produce fertile offspring

5. $200 Question Ecology basics ? What is a group of the organism of the same species,living in the same area at the same time.

6. $200 Answer Ecology basics ? Population: a group of the organism of the same species,living in the same area at the same time.

7. $300 Question Ecology basics Identify three type of heterotrophs

8. $300 Answer Ecology basics Saprotrophs Detritovores consumers

9. $400 Question Ecology basics Identify The organisms that live on, or in, dead organic matter. (digesting the food by secreting enzymes). Give an example

10. $400 Answer Ecology basics Saprotrophs Examples: mushrooms/ fungus & Bacteria

11. $500 Question Ecology basics Identify the autotroph in this food web.

12. $500 Answer Ecology Basics Kelp/ Algae/ microscopic planktonic algae

13. $100 Question Energy & Food Webs Draw an energy pyramid using one chain from this food wed

14. $100 Answer from Energy & Food Webs

15. $200 Question from Energy & Food Webs Energy is lost as it travels from one trophic level to the next in a food chain. Identify two places where this energy is lost.

16. $200 Answer from Energy & Food Webs Heat Respiration Waste movement

17. $300 QUESTION Energy & Food Webs What are the units used for energy in ecosystems?

18. $300 Answer from Energy & Food Webs KJ/ m 2 /yr

19. $400 Question from Energy & Food Webs In the below energy pyramid if the primary consumers have 1000 units of energy per area over time, how much energy does the tertiary consumer

20. $400 Answer from Energy & Food Webs The fish/ tertiary consumer 10 Energy Units – The

21. $500 Question from Energy & Food Webs State the difference between energy flow and nutrient flow within an ecosystem.

22. Energy Is lost Nutrients are recycled $500 Answer from Energy & Food Webs

23. $100 Question Carbon Cycle Identify forms/ sources of carbon in an ecosystem:

24. $100 Answer from Carbon Cycle Sources of Carbon: 1.Carbon dioxide in Atmosphere 2.Dissolve Carbon dioxide in ocean 3.Carbon in plant material 4.Carbon in animal material 5.Carbon in Peat 6.Carbon in Fossil fuel 7.Calcium Carbonate in Coral skeleton and limestone rock 8.Calcium Carbonate dissolved in ocean 9. Carbon in in Methane gas in atmosphere

25. $200 Question from Carbon cycle Identify the organism and the process that converts carbon in dead material to Methane (CH4) gas

26. $200 Answer from Carbon Cycle The organism is methanogenic bacteria/ archeans The process is methanogenesis/ methane formation

27. $300 Question from Carbon Cycle What forms when organic material is not fully decomposed because of anaerobic (no oxygen) conditions in waterlogged soils

28. $300 Answer from Carbon Cycle Peat

29. $400 Question Carbon Cycle What causes methane gas CH4 to be oxidize into carbon dioxide gas?

30. $400 Answer from carbon cycle UV Light Monatomic oxygen (O) radicals Hydroxyl (-OH) radicals

31. $500 Question from Carbon Cycle Identify TWO processes that removes CO2 gas from the atmosphere

32. $500 Answer from What is Carbon Cycle 1.Photosynthesis 2.Dissolving in water/ dissolving in the ocean.

33. $100 Question from Climate Change Identify three greenhouse gases

34. $100 Answer Climate Change Carbon Dioxide(CO 2 ) Methane (CH 4 ) Water vapor Nitrogen oxide (NO x )

35. $200 Question Answer this Climate Change What type of radiation does the green house gases absorb as it is trying to escape the earth.

36. $200 Answer this Climate Change Long-wave radiation/ infrared radiation/ heat

37. $300 Question from Answer this…. The red arrow is pointing to a type of radiation. What would choice(s) below would best describe the radiation. I.Long-wave radiation II.Heat III.Infrared IV.Short-waved radiation V.Visible light

38. $300 Answer this……? I.Short-waved radiation II.Visible light

39. $400 Question from Answer this What two things are happening at the red arrows?

40. $400 Answer from Answer this? Solar radiation is being absorbed by the earth’s surface and re-emitted to the atmosphere

41. $500 Question Answer this…..? The red arrow is pointing to a type of radiation. What would choice(s) below would best describe the radiation. I.Long-wave radiation II.Heat III.Infrared IV.Short-waved radiation V.Visible light

42. $500 Answer this…..?. The red arrow is pointing to a type of radiation. What would choice(s) below would best describe the radiation. I.Long-wave radiation II.Heat III.Infrared

43. A research measures the diameter of 35 aspen trees in areas where wolves have been re-introduced and 22 aspen trees in areas where wolves no longer exist. What are the degrees of freedom in the researchers study? $100 Question from Statistics

44. $100 Answer from Statistics A research measures the diameter of 35 aspen trees in areas where wolves have been re-introduced and 22 aspen trees in areas where wolves no longer exist. Degrees of Freedom for a T-test = (35 +22) -2 = 55

45. $200 Question from Statistics? A researcher wants to know if there is a difference in the number of dung beetle species between really big piles of dung, medium piles of dung and small piles of dung. She collects the following data: WHAT IS THE DEGREES OF FREEDOM? Number of Dung Beetle Species in different Dung piles Small Dung pileMedium Dung pileLarge dung piles 4713

46. $200 Answer from Statistics? A researcher wants to know if there is a difference in the number of dung beetle species between really big piles of dung, medium piles of dung and small piles of dung. She collects the following data: THE DEGREES OF FREEDOM USING CHI SQUARE Categories-1 = 3 categories - 1 = 2

47. $300 QUESTION Statistics? A scientist wants to know the relationship between the biomass of a marine worm, Arenicola, and the percentage of organic nitrogen in the sand where it lives. What Statistics Test should she use?

48. $300 Answer from Statistics? A scientist wants to know the relationship between the biomass of a marine worm, Arenicola, and the percentage of organic nitrogen in the sand where it lives. Correlations shows relationships

49. Daily Double!

50. $400 Question from Statistics? A teacher wants to know if sleep is important to performance on tests. So she randomly splits her class into three groups: A group (A )of 30 that sleeps 3 hours per night for a week, a group (B) of 30 that sleeps 5hours per night for a week, a group (C) of 30 that sleeps 8 hours per night. She get the following results: Did she find a significant difference in test performance? Calculate Chi Square show your work. Group AGroup BGroup C Pass152225 Fail1585

51. $400 Answer from What am I? Observed(O)Expected (E)O-E(O-E) 2 (O-E) 2 /E Group A15216361.71 Group B2221110.05 Group C25214160.76 total2.52

52. $500 Question from Statistics A researcher wants to know if the type of leaf litter affects the growth rate (measured in total length grown per month) of seedling trees. She grew 11 plants in leaf litter A and 13 plants in leaf litter B. T calculated value (computer calculates this based on measurements/ data values) = 2.1 DF = ? T Critical Value = ? Accept or Reject null hypothesis: ?

53. $500 Answer from Statistics A research want to know if the type of leaf litter affect the growth rate (measured in total length grown per month) of seedling trees. She grew 11 plants in leaf litter A and 13 plants in leaf litter B. T calculated value (computer calculates this based on measurements/ data values) = 2.1 DF = 22 T Critical Value = 2.074 Accept or Reject null hypothesis: Reject.

54. Final Jeopardy Category: Make a wager of how much you want to bet in this final round. Write that wager on a piece of paper with your team name on it. What am I?

55. Final Jeopardy Question State which of these drawings shows and annelid and state on reason for your choice.

56. Final Jeopardy Answer What is Water and Oxygen? 2H 2 O 2 H 2 O + O 2 Because it has segments.