ECOLOGY JEOPARDY Q and A

ECOLOGY JEOPARDY Q and A

The Jeopardy questions are listed first and the answers are in CAPS in the parentheses

ABIOTIC FACTORS

100 – This is the difference between abiotic and biotic factors (NON – LIVING vs LIVING)

200 –The primary source of energy in an ecosystem is? (SUNLIGHT)

300 - In a desert biome, this abiotic factor is scarce and many plants must

adapt to receiving less (PRECIPITATION/RAINFALL)

400 –In this part of the world the sun does not rise above the horizon for

more than 6 months during the winter (NORTH/SOUTH POLES)

500 – As this changes the higher up a mountain you go, the climate also

changes (ALTITUDE)

SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS

100 – Name the three types of symbiotic relationships (COMMENSALISM,

MUTUALISM, PARASITISM)

200 – In parasitism, name the organism that benefits and the organism

that is harmed ( PARASITE AND HOST)

300 – This is what symbiotic means. (THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO

ORGANISMS LIVING TOGETHER)

400 - This is the relationship between an Oxpecker and a Water Buffalo (MUTUALISM)

500 – This has to happen in a symbiotic relationship (ONE ORGANISM HASTO BENEFIT)

BIOMES

100 - This biome has heavy annual rainfall,constant warm temperature,

and includes many species of broad leafed plants (TROPICALRAIN FOREST)

200 - This is a major land area characterized by permanently frozen subsoil (TUNDRA)

300 - This is the biome that is dominated by pine, fir and spruce trees

(CONIFEROUS FOREST)

400 – These are the two seasons in a grassland (WET/RAINY AND DRY)

500 – Give fourof the six other names for Grassland (PRAIRIE, STEPPE, SAVANNAH,

PLAINS, PAMPAS, VELDT) DOUBLE JEOPARDY QUESTION

CONSUMERS

100 - Foxes and squirrels are most likely to live in this biome (DECIDUOUS FOREST)

200 – Sloths and tucans are found in this biome (TROPICALRAIN FOREST)

300 – The sidewinder is found in this biome (DESERT)

400 – What is the relationship between two animals when one hunts and the other gets

hunted/eaten? (PREDATOR/PREY)

500 – Name the four types of consumers (HERBIVORE, CARNIVORE, OMNIVORE, SCAVENGER)

POTPURRI

100 – Interconnected food chains create what? (FOOD WEB)

200 – Producers rely on consumers for CO2 to photosynthesize; consumers rely on

producers for O2 for this bodily process (RESPIRATION)

300 – What two states have a temperate rainforest? (OREGON AND WASHINGTON)

400 – Give the two other names for producers and consumers? (FLORA AND FAUNA)

500 –What is the chemical formula for the compound Glucose? (C6H12O6)