2. Population Dynamics Jeopardy Ask the Answer to the Question

3. Instructions Choose your category from the 4 listed above Choose your cash prize from $100-$500 Correctly ask the question that fits the answer Double Jeopardy answers are worth double Unasked answers default to the opposing team Each team may ask three questions in a turn Winning team has the most money at the end

4. Population Definitions Population Dynamics Population Change Factors Limiting Growth 100 200 300 400 500

5. A: The place in which a species lives Q: What is a habitat?

6. A: The maximum number of organisms that can be sustained in a habitat over a specified amount of time Q: What is the carrying capacity?

7. A: A measure of growth which is predictable and regular Q: What is geometric growth?

8. A: The living components of an ecosystem Q: What are biotic factors?

9. A: A species native to a certain area Q: What is an indigenous species?

10. A: The study of populations over time Q: What is population dynamics?

11. A: A growth rate which becomes more rapid in proportion to population size Q: What is exponential growth?

12. A: The non-living components of an ecosystem Q: What are abiotic factors?

13. A: A species not native to an area Q: What is an exotic species?

14. A: The natural growth rate of a species in a habitat Q: What is fecundity?

15. A: Δ = [(b + i) – (d + e) / n x 100 Q: What is the equation for population change?

16. A: Species living in an ecosystem which feed on other organisms Q: What are consumers?

17. A: D = n/s Q: What is population density?

18. A: Clumped, uniform or random Q: What are population dispersion patterns?

19. A: The role of the crab in this food web Q: What is a producer of food for lobsters and a consumer of food such as mussels?

20. A:Species living in an ecosystem which act as food for other organisms Q: What are producers?

21. A: A series of interconnected organisms representing energy flow Q: What is a food web?

22. A: A method of tagging species for tracking Q: What is the mark/recapture method?

23. A: The population change of this species: b = 10 i = 2 d = 5 e =1 n = 50 Q: Δ = [(b + i)– (d + e) / n x 100 = [(10 + 2) – (5 + 1) / 50 x 100 = 6/50 x 100 = 12

24. A: The tiers in a food web through which energy is passed Q: What is a trophic level?