Ecology/Chemistry Review Jeopardy

Hydrogen Hydrogen Oxygen

100

This is the step of the water cycle when water evaporates from plants

Transpiration

200

Name two steps in the water cycle where a phase change might occur

Evaporation Condensation Transpiration Precipitation (sometimes)

300

This is the step that delivers water back to the surface of the Earth

Precipitation

400

Give an example of water as a liquid in the water cycle (please do not just say "water")

Rain, ocean, river, etc (many answers)

500

Are clouds a solid, liquid or a gas?

Liquid

Let's "C" What You Know

100

This is the word for "burning" fossil fuels

Combustion

200

What steps of the carbon cycle are part of the "Fast" carbon cycle?

Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

300

When ocean life in shells die, their shells sink to the bottom of the ocean and might eventually form a rock called ___________ (which has a chemical formula of ________)

Limestone, CaCO3

400

Write out the full, balanced reaction for cellular respiration (in chemical formulas)

C6H12O6 + 6 O2 --> 6 H2O + 6 CO2

500

Name FIVE ways that carbon can be ADDED to the atmosphere

Cellular Respiration Decomposition Combustion Volcanoes Released from the Ocean

"N" Fuego

100

Nitrogen makes up approximately ______ % of the atmosphere

78

200

Nitrogen that isn't combined with any other types of atoms is called _____________

Free Nitrogen

300

Of the three types of bacteria in the nitrogen cycle, which one(s) create nitrates in the soil?

Nitrogen-Fixing AND Decomposing

400

What is the MINIMUM number of steps in takes to move nitrogen from the atmosphere into animals?

Three (3)

500

What are the four molecules that contain nitrogen that we studied in the nitrogen cycle?

N2, NO3, plant proteins, animal proteins

What's the Matter? EVERYTHING!

100

Name the three particles that make up an atom, their charges, AND how much each weighs

Protons, + charge, 1 AMU Neutrons, 0 charge, 1 AMU Electrons, - charge, almost nothing

200

How many nitrogen atoms are in the chemical formula: 12 Ca(NbO3)2

Zero (Nb is niobium)

300

Explain the difference between an element and a compound

An element only has one TYPE of atom. A compound has two or more TYPES of atom.

400

During a condensation phase change, how does the amount of energy that the molecules have change?

There is less energy (gas to liquid)

500

How many neutrons does Zinc (Zn) have?

35

Potpourri (You Know, Random Stuff)

100

Which teacher has a twin sister? A) Miss Malloy B) Mrs. Dowding C) Ms. Bouchard D) Mr. Rollins E) Mrs. Soto

C) Ms. Bouchard

200

Did you know? Mrs. Dowding A) is a part-owner of the Green Bay Packers, B) has the first 53 digits of the number Pi memorized, C) runs a bed and breakfast in northern Maine during the summer, D) likes to paint

A

300

Which teacher ran a 2:11 half mile in high school? A) Miss Malloy B) Mrs. Dowding C) Ms. Bouchard D) Mr. Rollins E) Mrs. Soto

No big deal, but it's me (D)

400

I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100. The teams that guesses closest wins these points.

44

500

What number do you get if you multiply ALL of the numbers on a telephone number-pad together?

Zero