JeopardyJeopardyChapters 1 & 2: EcologyChapters 1 & 2: Ecology

VocabVocab Ecosystems & Ecosystems & FoodFood

RelationshipsRelationships BiomesBiomes Cycles of Cycles of MatterMatter

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The study of The study of organisms and organisms and

their their environmentenvironment

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What is Ecology?What is Ecology?

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The parts of an The parts of an ecosystem that are ecosystem that are living or were once living or were once

living.living.

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What are biotic What are biotic factors?factors?

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The struggle between The struggle between organisms to survive.organisms to survive.

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What is What is competition?competition?

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The type of succession that The type of succession that appears after a forest fire appears after a forest fire has destroyed almost all has destroyed almost all

of an ecosystem.of an ecosystem.

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What is secondary What is secondary succession?succession?

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How could the population How could the population of mountain lions be of mountain lions be

affected by the population affected by the population of deer?of deer?

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Both populations Both populations increase or decrease increase or decrease

together.together.

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Create a food chain using Create a food chain using Raccoon, mouse, seeds, Raccoon, mouse, seeds,

hawk hawk

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Seeds Seeds mouse mouse raccoon raccoon hawk hawk

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Hunting has decreased Hunting has decreased the population of the population of

hawks, what could hawks, what could happen to the happen to the

population of mice?population of mice?Answer

The population of mice The population of mice could rise.could rise.

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Name the five abiotic Name the five abiotic factors in an factors in an ecosystem.ecosystem.

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oxygen, water, soil, oxygen, water, soil, temperature, and temperature, and

sunlightsunlight

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The relationship between The relationship between predator and prey.predator and prey.

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What is predation?What is predation?

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The symbiotic The symbiotic relationship when one relationship when one

organisms lives on or in organisms lives on or in another organism.another organism.

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What is parasitism?What is parasitism?

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The symbiotic relationship The symbiotic relationship that occurs when that occurs when

organisms both benefit.organisms both benefit.

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What is mutualism?What is mutualism?

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The symbiotic relationship The symbiotic relationship that occurs when one that occurs when one organism benefits and organism benefits and

the other is not affected.the other is not affected.

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What is What is commensalism?commensalism?

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Which biome do you Which biome do you live in?live in?

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What is deciduous forest?What is deciduous forest?

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The biome that is hot and dry with little The biome that is hot and dry with little to no rain.to no rain.

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What is the desert?What is the desert?

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The biome with dense The biome with dense forests of coniferous forests of coniferous

trees.trees.

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What is the What is the Boreal Forest?Boreal Forest?

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What are the two types What are the two types of rainforest biomes?of rainforest biomes?

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What are temperate What are temperate and tropical?and tropical?

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Which cycle includes Which cycle includes evaporation?evaporation?

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The water The water cyclecycle

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The cycle that includes The cycle that includes animals taking in animals taking in

oxygen from plants.oxygen from plants.

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Carbon & Oxygen CycleCarbon & Oxygen Cycle

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The process where free The process where free nitrogen becomes fixed nitrogen becomes fixed

nitrogen.nitrogen.

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Nitrogen fixationNitrogen fixation

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Draw the water cycle Draw the water cycle diagram.diagram.

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All autotrophs are All autotrophs are considered to be considered to be

consumers or consumers or producers?producers?

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producersproducers

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Are consumers Are consumers autotrophs or autotrophs or heterotrophs?heterotrophs?

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HeterotrophsHeterotrophs

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Organisms that move Organisms that move into a population.into a population.

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ImmigrationImmigration

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The first species to populate an area?

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Pioneer speciesPioneer species

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Name the three types of Name the three types of organisms that could organisms that could

appear in a food chain, appear in a food chain, web, or pyramid.web, or pyramid.

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What are producers, What are producers, consumers, and consumers, and decomposers?decomposers?

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Create a food chain for the fox that uses one producer Create a food chain for the fox that uses one producer and at least 4 consumers (including the fox) based on and at least 4 consumers (including the fox) based on

the food web below.the food web below.

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Give an example of a Give an example of a mutualistic symbiotic mutualistic symbiotic

relationship.relationship.

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Name the two types of the Name the two types of the grassland biome and the grassland biome and the

locations on earth.locations on earth.

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Savannah Grasslands-AfricaSavannah Grasslands-Africa

Temperate Grasslands-Temperate Grasslands-Midwest USAMidwest USA

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Draw and explain the Draw and explain the nitrogen cycle nitrogen cycle

diagram.diagram.

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Name 3 limiting factors Name 3 limiting factors that could cause a that could cause a population size to population size to

decrease in an decrease in an ecosystem.ecosystem.

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Category: Category: Branching Tree Branching Tree

DiagramsDiagrams

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Which characteristics do the lizard, pigeon, mouse, and chimp Which characteristics do the lizard, pigeon, mouse, and chimp share?share?

Is the chimp more closely related to the salamander or the Is the chimp more closely related to the salamander or the pigeon?pigeon?

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Jaws, lungs, claws or nails.Jaws, lungs, claws or nails.

The pigeon.The pigeon.

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