Ecology JeopardyMiscellaneous Population

DynamicsFood Human

Impact Cycles

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Miscellaneous100

• All chemical reactions in organism.

What is Metabolism?What is Metabolism?

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Miscellaneous 200

• In order to be living plants, animals, and bacteria are made of these.

What are cells?What are cells?

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Miscellaneous 300

• Best explanation for an observation where all data supports it and non contradicts.

What is a Theory?What is a Theory?

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Miscellaneous 400

• Manipulated variable

What is the part of a lab that is What is the part of a lab that is changed – being tested?changed – being tested?

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Miscellaneous 500

• This is how an ecosystem grows back.

What is Ecological succession?What is Ecological succession?

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Population Dynamics100

• When on average the number of parents and the number of children are equal

What is zero growth?What is zero growth?

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Population Dynamics 200

• Contagious Disease, food supply, water, and space

What are Density Dependent Limiting What are Density Dependent Limiting Factor?Factor?

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Population Dynamics300

• Stable forests (or any ecosystem) that changes little over centuries

What are climax communities?What are climax communities?

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Population Dynamics400

• Exponential Growth

What phase of growth is today’s What phase of growth is today’s human population in? And/Or What human population in? And/Or What phase of growth do populations phase of growth do populations double?double?

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Population Dynamics 500

• For humans the number is 8-10 billion

What is the Earth’s carrying What is the Earth’s carrying capacity?capacity?

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Food 100

• An owl can eat mice, snakes, and rabbits which eat other animals and plants.

What is a an example of a Food Web?What is a an example of a Food Web?

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Food200

• Law of Conservation as reflected in energy transfer

What is 90% kinetic energy used for What is 90% kinetic energy used for Metabolism, Movement, and Heat Metabolism, Movement, and Heat and 10% potential energy that is and 10% potential energy that is stored and transferred on to higher stored and transferred on to higher trophic levels?trophic levels?

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Food300

• These individuals can provide food for themselves

What are producers?What are producers?

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Food400

• This increases by a factor of 10 as you move up the food chain.

What is Toxins (through process of What is Toxins (through process of Biological Magnification)?Biological Magnification)?

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Food 500

• This decreases by a factor of 10 as you move up the food chain

What is energy amount (through What is energy amount (through process of energy transfer)? process of energy transfer)?

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Human Impact100

• Industry, electricity and Modern Medicine

What are the main reason why What are the main reason why human population is in exponential human population is in exponential growth?growth?

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Human Impact 200

• CH4, CO2, and H2O

What are the greenhouse gases?What are the greenhouse gases?

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Human Impact 300

• Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC’s)

What is cause the depletion of the What is cause the depletion of the ozone layer?ozone layer?

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Human Impact 400

• Invasive Species

What non-native organisms that What non-native organisms that “choke” out the native species? OR “choke” out the native species? OR What lowers biodiversity in a given What lowers biodiversity in a given area? – example – English Ivyarea? – example – English Ivy

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Human Impact 500

• SO2, NO2, H2O

What are the molecules involved in What are the molecules involved in Acid RainAcid Rain

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Cycles100

• All cycles show or are an example of this…

Law of Conservation?Law of Conservation?

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Cycles 200

• Bacteria changing NH4 (ammonium) to NO3 (Nitrates)

What is nitrogen fixation?What is nitrogen fixation?

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Cycles 300

• Plants make glucose and O2

What is photosynthesis?What is photosynthesis?

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Cycles 400

• Plants and animals make CO2 and H20.

What is Respiration?What is Respiration?

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Cycles 500

• bacteria

What organism is needed for What organism is needed for nitrogen fixation (what organism do nitrogen fixation (what organism do we need to get our nitrogen?)?we need to get our nitrogen?)?

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