Successful at Succession?
Biodiversity or Bust
Food Webs
Vocab.
100

Birds and whales in this image are considered a _______ factor

What is a biotic factor?

100

An ecosystem with __________ biodiversity would be more resistant to disease and/or resource shortages?

What is high biodiversity?

100

The type of organism that can be found at the start of a food chain.

What is a producer?

100

Trick or Treat?

Pumpkins are considered to be a fruit or vegetable?

Treat! Extra 100 points!

What is a fruit?

200

This important factor is present initially/at the beginning of secondary succession.

What is soil?

200

Monoculture agriculture has this effect on biodiversity? 

(posivite or negative)

What is a negative effect?

200

Trick or Treat? This flower is used as decoration to celebrate Dia De Los Muertos?

What are Marigolds?



TRICK!

Trade points with the lowest scoring team!

200

The name of the species that is first to move into an area and begin to form soil and nutrients for an ecosystem

What is a pioneer species?

300

Trick or Treat? 

Who directed the film, The Nightmare Before Christmas?



Who is Tim Burton?

Trick! Double your points if you get it right... or lose them all if you get it wrong!


300

Which community has the highest biodiversity?

What is community C?

300

The percentage of energy lost as you move up each level of the energy pyramid?

What is 90%?

300

This type of organism's energy source is non-living. It is typically in the form of chemicals or photons of light.

What is a producer?

400

The type of succession shown in this image:

What is primary succession

400

Trick or Treat?

This famous magician died on October 31, 1926

Who is Harry Houdini?

Trick! Receive 200 points and subtract 200 points from opposing team!


400

Because the hawk eats the shrew, it is considered this type of consumer.

What is a tertiary consumer?

400

__________ is reached at the end of succession when an ecosystem is stabilized

What is a climax community?

500

When a lumber company deforested and plowed a forest to harvest lumber to develop a new city, this would be the type of succession that would result after the lumber company left

What is secondary succession?

500

Name at least two things that result in loss of biodiversity:

What is _______? (will be verified by teacher)

500

Trick or Treat?

In the show, Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown... Charlie Brown only receives this while trick or treating?


What is a rock?

Treat! If you get it correct you can either get the 500 points OR a piece of candy for everyone on your team. 

500

The type of species that is non-native, and has few natural predators. It will 

What is an invasive species?