5th Period

• Team 1: Jonathan R., Rosetta, Jerrard, Denika• Team 2: Jonathan C., John, Jaana, Antonio• Team 3: Kadijah, Taurean, Jeffrey, Daniela• Team 4: Tyrrion, Daniel, Cinnamon, Nicholas• Team 5: Grace, Henok, Anthony, Naomi• Team 6: Chanavia, Isaiah, Melissa, Torrey• Team 7: Tatyana, Devin, Jasmine, Seyoum

Dajohn,

Ecology Jeopardy

Ms. KlinkhachornBiology

October 27, 2010

Rules of the Game1. A question will appear on the screen. Quietly write

down the answer on your board. 2. Work with your team only. No notes.3. You must raise your board when time is called if you

want credit for your answer. Do not erase your board until told to do so.

4. Points will be awarded to any team that with the correct answer.

5. There will be point deductions for the following:• Shouting, screaming, arguing, and bad sportsmanship• Writing on your board that isn’t relevant• Talking when somebody is explaining the answer

The Prizes

• 1st and 2nd place teams will receive bonus points towards their test

• 1st place team will also receive an additional bathroom pass

What word means the study of how organisms interact with each other

and their environment?

Ecology

What is the general term for copying another organism?

mimicry

What kind of symbiosis is represented by the picture below?

Parasitism (+/-)

Several species living in the same area make up what level of the

ecological hierarchy?

Community

How should you draw the arrows in a food web/chain?

Towards the organism that is gaining the energy

What is a hierarchy?

Ordered Levels

What kind of symbiosis is represented by the picture below?

Commensalism (+/0)

What is the difference between abiotic and biotic factors?

Abiotic = nonliving, Biotic = living

What is another word for a producer?

Autotroph

What trophic level does the wolf spider belong to?

What trophic level does the wolf spider belong to?

Tertiary Consumer (3rd)

What kind of symbiosis can be described using the symbols +/+?

Mutualism

In nature, this is the animal that is doing the hunting.

Predator

Cryptic coloration, aposomatic coloration, batesian mimicry, or

mullerian mimicry?

Aposomatic coloration

What kind of symbiosis is represented by the picture below?

Mutualism (+/+)

Give the definitions:

• Auto• Hetero• Troph

• Auto = self• Hetero = other, different• Troph = food, nourishment

What is the only difference between the community and the ecosystem

in the hierarchy.

Ecosystems consider abiotic factors

What kind of symbiosis can be described using the symbols +/-?

Parasitism

Cryptic coloration, aposomatic coloration, batesian mimicry, or

mullerian mimicry?

All are poisonous.All are poisonous.

Mullerian mimicry

Which organism(s) eat the caterpillar?

Which organism(s) eat the caterpillar?

Blue jay and lizard

What’s another word for cryptic coloration?

Camouflage

Which organisms are secondary consumers?

Which organisms are secondary consumers?

Beetle larva, ground beetle

What kind of symbiosis can be described using the symbols +/0?

Commensalism

Cryptic coloration, aposomatic coloration, batesian mimicry, or

mullerian mimicry?

Aposomatic coloration

Cryptic coloration, aposomatic coloration, batesian mimicry, or

mullerian mimicry?

Cryptic coloration

Cryptic coloration, aposomatic coloration, batesian mimicry, or

mullerian mimicry?

HarmlessHarmless HarmfulHarmful

Batesian Mimicry

What is another word for a consumer?

Heterotroph

What kind of organism is needed to control the amount of waste on the

planet?

Decomposer / Detrivore

Name 2 examples of decomposers.

Bacteria, fungus, maggots, earthworms

How many heterotrophs are shown in this food web?

How many heterotrophs are shown in this food web?

7 (and just 1 autotroph shown)

Which organism(s) does the blue jay eat?

Which organism(s) does the blue jay eat?

Caterpillar, snail, plant

A long-term, close interaction with another species.

Symbiosis

List the levels, in order, of the ecological hierarchy.

Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biosphere

Give the definitions:

• Sym • A (as in abiotic)• Eco• Ology

Give the definitions:

• Sym = together• A (as in abiotic) = not, non• Eco = home• Ology = study of

What is a group of individual organisms belonging to the same

species and living in the same area called?

population