Pollination
Food Web Roles
Coevolution
Herbivory
Potpourri
100
Which part of the plant produces pollen?
Anther
100
Name one food web role that insects can fill:
Consumer or Decomposer
100
The evolution of traits in two species due to the selective pressures they exert on each other.
Coevolution
100
What do herbivores eat?
Plants
100
Name these two science inspired Muppets for 100 pts each.
Who are Beaker and Bunsen?
200
What is another word for beekeeping?
Apiculture
200
Food chains show the movement of ________________ through an ecosystem.
Energy
200
What defense mechanism does this tree have to defend it against insects?
Resin
200
What insect destroyed cotton crops in the Southern United States and caused the great migration?
Cotton Boll Weevil
200
SNL's musical guest on Nov. 2nd beckons listeners to "make it hot" like this fast food pizza chain.
What is Papa Johns?
300
Male honey bees are known as ____________________.
Drones
300
What will be the first thing to use chemicals when they are added back to the soil?
Plants
300
What is the name of the moths mouthpart that adapted as a result of coevolution?
Proboscis
300
Classroom awareness Question!
Teacher Discretion.
300
The NYC Marathon happened last Sunday, taking runners through all five of the NYC boroughs. Name each borough for 300 pts each.
Staten Island, The Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn
400
How do humans benefit from pollination?
Increase in agriculture, economic boost, etc.
400
Why are decomposers important to ecosystems?
They recycle nutrients that living things need. Prevent pile up of waste materials.
400
What defense mechanism has this plant developed against insects?
Trichomes
400
Mealybugs began eating Cane in the Mississippi River Delta. Why is the Cane so important to the river?
It prevents erosion/ holds the banks of the river in place.
400
Your name is Riley Anderson. You experience Anger, Sadness, Fear, Joy, and Disgust in 2015. What emotions might you experience in the year 2024?
200 pts. per emotion
What are Anxiety, Envy, Embarrassment, Ennui?
500
Why is pollination important to plants?
It allows them to produce seeds and fruit / Reproduce.
500
Name one type of detritivore AND tell me what they eat.
Xylophage- wood
Coprophage- Feces
Necrophage- Carcasses/ Dead animals
500
How does the Star Orchid benefit from its relationship with the hawk moth?
Almost guaranteed pollination. (The hawk moth will almost certainly visit another star orchid instead of another type of flowering plant)
500
What risk does monoculture have in terms of insect herbivory?
Insects will eat entire crops / pest insect predators leave due to monoculture
500
500 pts. for each person on your team that has returned their field trip permission slip.
Teacher discretion.