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Instructions When playing Jeopardy, the answer is given. Students must respond with the appropriate question. To access the answer, click near but not on the text. (Make sure the cursor displays as a hand, not an arrow.) Click on the border to return to the main game slide.
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Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin.
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Click here for Final Jeopardy
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Animals Ecosystem Impacts Invasive Characteristics 10 Points 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 10 Points 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points OriginsPlants
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This bunch grass has sharp edges and can grow up to 10 feet tall.
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What is pampas grass (Cortaderia jubata)?
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This plant’s giant, umbrella- like leaves have purple undersides.
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What is miconia (Miconia calvescens)?
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The blades of this grass are cylindrical.
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What is fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum)?
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This plant can be identified by its wing-like pairs of seedpods.
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What is rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora)?
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This plant can grow four inches a day.
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What is ivy gourd (Coccinia grandis)?
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This noisy animal keeps people up at night with its piercing, two-note mating call.
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What is a coqui frog (Eleutherdactylus coqui)?
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Keeping this animal is against the law and could cost you $200,000 or three years in prison.
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What is a veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)?
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Veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus) can grow up to this long.
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What is two feet?
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This common household chemical is used to control coqui frogs (Eleutherdactylus coqui).
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What is citric acid?
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Veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus) are different from Jacksons’ chameleons. Instead of horns, veiled chameleons have this on their head.
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What is a bony, shark-like shield?
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Coqui frogs (Eleutherdactylus coqui) are celebrated here, in their native country.
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What is Puerto Rico?
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Pampas grass (Cortaderia jubata) is named for the grassy plains beneath these South American mountains.
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What are the Andes?
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Fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum) is suited to the hot, dry climate found in its native home.
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What is North Africa?
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Veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus) come from the mountainous regions of these countries.
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What are Yemen and Saudi Arabia?
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Rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora)hails from this large island nation, which is also home to lemurs.
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What is Madagascar?
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Ivy gourd (Coccinia grandis) climbs other plants and does this to them.
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What is smother?
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Veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus) are large lizards and can prey on these types of species.
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What are plants, insects, and birds?
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The shallow roots of miconia (Miconia calvescens) don’t function the same as a spongy mat of understory plants. Instead, they encourage these problems after a heavy rain.
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What are erosion and run-off?
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If snakes were to escape into the wild in Hawaii, coqui frogs (Eleutherdactylus coqui) could serve as what for them?
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What is a food source?
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Wind whipping through the dead, dry leaves of fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum) creates this condition.
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What is a fire hazard?
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You can almost watch vines like ivy gourd (Coccinia grandis) spread because of this quality.
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What is fast growing?
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Both pampas (Cortaderia jubata) and miconia (Miconia calvescens) produce tens of thousands of seeds every year— an example of this characteristic.
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What is highly fertile?
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Some plants, like miconia (Miconia calvescens), don’t require much sunlight to grow. This characteristic allows them to grow just about anywhere.
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What is shade-tolerant?
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Rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora) doesn’t just cover acreage with impenetrable thickets, it also possesses this quality—making it dangerous to human health and safety.
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What is toxic?
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Coqui frog (Eleutherdactylus coqui) populations are kept in check in Puerto Rico. But in Hawaii, they grow out of control because they lack these.
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What are predators?
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Make your wager
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Invasive Species causes harm or is likely to cause harm to these three things.
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What is Economic, Environmental harm, or harm to human health.
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