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JEOPARDY!Ecology and the

EnvironmentChapter One:

Populations and Communities

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JEOPARDY!

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The Environ-

ment

Pop-ulations

Natural Selection

Predation and

Competition

More Inter-

actions

Changes in Communities

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L1 – $100 Give three

examples of abiotic factors

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L1 - $200 Define

“Species”

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L1 – $300 Define

“Populations”

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L1 – $400 Define

“Communities”.

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L1 – $500 Define

“Ecosystem”

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L2 – $100 A population will

grow when the death rate is _______ than

the birth rate.

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L2 – $200 Besides death rate and birth rate, what

other factor determines if a

population will grow?

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L2 - $300 If there are 150 animals

in an area that is 25 miles long and 6 miles

wide, what is the population density?

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L2 - $400 Name the three

categories of “limiting factors”

Daily Double!!!

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L2 - $500 Some plants release

chemicals into the soil that prevent other plants from growing too close. This is called ________.

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L3 - $100 The process of

_____ _____ results in adaptations that

allow an organism to survive and reproduce.

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L3 - $200 Define “Niche”

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L3 - $300 Define one physical and one behavioral

“adaptation” that dogs have.

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L3 - $400 Name three

adaptations that round worms have.

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L3 - $500 What are the two

major types of interactions among

organism?

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L3 - $100 A predator kills

the ______.

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L3 - $200 Define

“competition.”

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L3 - $300 Name two resources

that organisms might compete for.

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L3 - $400 Give an example of a predator and the

adaptations it has to hunt its prey.

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L3 – $500 Name three (of the

five possible) categories of “prey

adaptations”. Octopus video

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L3 - $100 Define

“mutualism”

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L3 - $200 Define “parasitism”

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L3 - $300 Define

“commensalism”.

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L3 - $400 What are the two

categories of organisms in a

parasitic relationship called?

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L3 - $500 What term is used to

describe “any relationship between two

species that live close together where at least one species benefits

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L4 - $100 Give an example of an event that might result in “primary

succession”

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L4 $200 Give an example of an event that might result in “seconday

succession”

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L4 $300 The first species to

populate an area during primary

succesion are called _____ ______ .

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L4 - $400 ________ is “the

series of predictable changes that occur in a community over

time”.

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L4 - $500 What are the two main difference

between primary and secondary succession?