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Ecology Chapter 1 Jeopardy
Organization in the Environment
Types of Interactions Symbiosis
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Final Jeopardy
Energy Connection
Food Chains and Food Webs
$100 Question
The word that describes the fish, birds, mammals, and plants that
live in an environment.
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What is biotic?
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This word describes themembers of one species
in an area.
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What is population?
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This is the part of Earth where life exists.
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What is the biosphere?
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This word describes the nonliving part of the environment.
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What is abiotic?
$500 Question
This is the study of the interactionsof living organisms with each other
and the environment.
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What is ecology?
$100 Question
An organism that eats only animals
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What is a carnivore?
$200 Question
An organism that eats only plants
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What is an herbivore?
$300 Question
An organism that eats both plants and animals
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What is an omnivore?
$400 Question
A plant that gains energy from the sun is an example
of this…
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What is a producer?
$500 Question
Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores are all…
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What are consumers?
$100 Question
This word describes a simple diagram with arrows showing
energy flow from grass, to a rabbit, to a fox.
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What is a food chain?
$200 Question
In a food web, this animal has an arrow pointing
towards them.
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The animal that is gaining energy by eating.
$300 Question
This describes the diagram that shows how energy in food flows from one
organism to another.
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What is a food chain?
$400 Question
This describes a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between
organisms in an ecosystem.
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What is a food web?
$500 Question
A food web arrow goes from a mouse to an owl, showing that…
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The owl eats the mouse
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When a population is too large, this becomes a limiting factor.
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What is food?
$200 Question
This is the largest population an environment can support.
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What is carrying capacity?
$300 Question
These determine an area’s carryingcapacity because animals need
resources to survive.
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What are limiting factors?
$400 Question
Starvation, hunting, accidents, harsh weather conditions,
and diseases are all examples of these.
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What are limiting factors?
$500 Question
This happens to other species when one species disappears.
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The other species in the ecosystem are thrown out of balance.
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This describes a relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other
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What is symbiosis?
$200 Question
This is a relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed
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What is parasitism?
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This is a relationship between two species in which both
species benefit.
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What is mutualism?
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This is a relationship between two organisms in which one benefits
and the other is not affected
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What is commensalism?
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This is the evolution of two or more species due to mutual influence
(helping each other for a long time).
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What is coevolution?
Final Jeopardy
Give an example for each:
•mutualism•commensalism
•parasitism
Final Jeopardy Answer•Mutualism: a fish eats the parasites off of a sea turtle’s shell
•Commensalism: a remora hitches a ride from a shark
•Parasitism: a mosquito sucks your blood