3. THIS IS ECOLOGY

4. 100 200 300 400 500 Food Chains & Webs ‘trophs & ‘vores more ‘trophs & ‘vores Biodiversity & Biosphere threats Cycles of matter Ecology Vocabulary

5. Many of these overlapping, single pathways make up a food web. A 100

6. What are Food Chains? A 100

7. This is the primary energy source of any food web, in any ecosystem. A 200

8. What is the sun? A 200

9. All plant-eaters are in this trophic level of a food web. A 300

10. What is the primary or first level? A 300

11. A quaternary consumer is also known as this level consumer (some number) A 400

12. What is the 4th level? A 400

13. In any food web, the arrows always point in this direction. A 500

14. What is “of energy transfer?” A 500

15. “self-feeder” B 100

16. What is an autotroph? B 100

17. “other- feeder” B 200

18. What is an heterotroph? B 200

19. Humans, birds and bears may be thought of as this type of ‘vore B 300

20. What is an omnivore? B 300

21. This primary (first level) consumer is this type of ‘vore. B 400

22. What is a herbivore? B 400

23. This type of ‘vore eats decomposing organic matter called detritus. B 500

24. What is a detritivore? B 500

25. Producers are all this type of ‘troph. C 100

26. What is an autotroph? C 100

27. Consumers are all this type of ‘troph. C 200

28. What is a heterotroph? C 200

29. The organism in the picture is this type of ‘troph. C 300

30. What is a heterotroph? C 300

31. DAILY DOUBLE C 400 DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager

32. A bacon-double cheeseburger with lettuce onions and tomatoes may be lunch for this type of ‘vore. C 400

33. What is an omnivore? C 400

34. This tertiary (third level) consumer may be this type of ‘vore. C 500

35. What is a carnivore or omnivore? C 500

36. This layer in the Earth’s atmosphere is being depleted which may let in the UV rays that harms living things. D 100

37. ozone D 100

38. Pollution from car exhaust and factories may combine with water vapor in the air to form this type of rain. (It can raise the pH of lakes and streams, which caused loss of species.) D 200

39. What is acid? D 200

40. Clearing rainforests for farmland or firewood, destroys the “homes” of many animals. An animal’s “home” is known this. D 300

41. What is habitat? D 300

42. A form of water pollution in which detergents are dumped into lakes and ponds, may cause this type of growth, that can lead to the death of fish. D 400

43. What is an algal bloom? D 400

44. This is the term for separation of wilderness areas from other wilderness areas due to human development of the land. (It can greatly disrupt habitats and cause local species extinction.) D 500

45. What is habitat fragmentation? D 500

46. Too much greenhouse gases, can lead to too much greenhouse effect, which can lead to this type of warming. E 100

47. What is global? E 100

48. Water, snow, sleet or hail falling to earth. E 200

49. What is precipitation? E 200

50. This is the process of water vapor becoming liquid droplets. E 300

51. What is condensation? E 300

52. This greenhouse gas contains inorganic carbon which may be released to the atmosphere by breathing, or burning fossil fuels. E 400

53. What is carbon dioxide ( CO 2 )? E 400

54. Fertilizer used by farmers contains an organic form of this element. Besides fertilizer this element may also become organic by lightning the atmosphere or bacteria in the soil. E 500

55. What is nitrogen (N2)? E 500

56. The study of the relationship between organisms and their environment. It involves interactions with their environment as well as each other. F 100

57. What is Ecology ? F 100

58. The place on Earth where all life can be found. F 200

59. What is the biosphere? F 200

60. These make up the nonliving part of the environment including: air currents, temperature, moisture, soil, sunlight, etc.. F 300

61. What are abiotic factors? F 300

62. A group of organisms, all the same species, which interbreed and live in the same area at the same time. F 400

63. What is a population? F 400

64. All strategies and adaptations a species uses in its environment---how it meets it needs for food, shelter, how and where it survives and where it reproduces. F 500

65. What is a niche? F 500

66. The Final Jeopardy Category is: Threats to the Biosphere Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin

67. This type of species, accidently introduced into another ecosystem than where it is usually found, can eliminate other species that normally live there. Click on screen to continue

68. What is Invasive Species (or Exotic Species)? Click on screen to continue

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