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Terms
Random/ 500 question is the FINAL JEOPARDY
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The four basic needs for all living organisms.
What is food, shelter/habitat, air, water?
100
Name the 3 Rs.
What is reduce, reuse, and recycle?
100
This term is used to describe living (or once living) parts of ecosystems.
What is biotic?
100
Define habitat.
What is shelter?
100

Penguins huddle to keep warm.  This is an example of:

What is a behavioral adaptation?

200
The term that is used to describe two different species that live closely together in a relationship that lasts over time.
What is Symbiosis?
200

Define Omnivore

What is an organism that eats both producers and other consumers?

200

The term used to describe organisms that eat producers.

What is a herbivore?

200

Define: Carnivore

What is an organism that eats only meat?

200
Define predator.
What is an organism that naturally hunts prey.
300
The term used to describe a type of symbiosis in which one benefits and the other is harmed.
What is Parasitism?
300
Give an example of a natural resource.
What is water/oil/crops/minerals/fish/wildlife/coal?
300
Give an example of a food chain with at least 4 organisms involved.
Answers may vary. Example: Grass----->mouse----->snake------>hawk------->eagle
300

This amount of energy is passed from one level of a food chain to another and it can be shown in this diagram. DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!! How much would you like to wager?

What is 10% and an energy pyramid?

300

Define acid rain.

Rain that contains acids produced by nitrogen and sulfur oxides from fossil fuel emissions and is acidic.  It can damage structures and ecosystems.

400
This term describes the type of symbiosis in which one is benefiting and one doesn't care.
What is commensalism?
400

This term is used to describe characteristics of organisms that help them to survive in an ecosystem.

What is an adaptation?

400
The term used to describe an organism that breaks down the cells of dead or waste materials and absorb their nutrients.
What is a decomposer?
400

Define: Biomagnification

What is the accumulation of chemicals in an organism, with the concentration increasing as you move up the food chain?

400
Define producer.
What is an organism that creates its own food?
500
What is the term used to describe the study of the Ecosystem?
What is Ecology?
500

This term describes a result that was not predicted or planned for in our interactions with the environment.

What is an unintended consequence?

500

Give an example of a predator and prey

Predator & prey: Owl and mouse

500

Populations of multiple species interacting forms a ___________.

What is a community?

500
Define: Niche /FINAL JEOPARDY!!!!!
What is the role played by an organism in its environment such as being a consumer or a producer.
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