Living Things Jeopardy

Food Chains

100

If a kestrel eats a mouse that eats grass, the kestrel is a

secondary consumer (best answer) carnivor (half points)

200

The many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem make up a(n)

food web

300

Vultures, which feed on the bodies of dead organisms, are

scavengers

400

The first organism in a food chain is always a

producer

500

When a jellyfish paralyzes a tiny fish with its poisonous tentacles, the fish is the

prey

Energy in Ecosystems

100

A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web is called a(n)

energy pyramid

200

In an energy pyramid, which level has the most available energy?

producers or lowest level

300

Which process makes it possible for plants to use energy from sunlight to produce their own food?

photosynthesis

400

Which of the following describes an interaction in which one organism kills and eats another? competition, symbiosis, predation, or mutualism

predation

500

What is the process by which cells produce energy by using oxygen to break down glucose molecules?

respiration

Adaptations

100

The behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment are called

adaptations

200

The struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources is called

competition

300

Which of the following is an example of a predator adaptation? a porcupine’s needles, a shark’s powerful jaws, a frog’s bright colors, or a plant’s poisonous chemicals

shark's powerful jaws

400

An insect looks like a leaf, so it blends in with its surroundings and is hard for predators to see. The insect’s characteristic is an example of ____________________________.

camouflage

500

Lemurs are mammals that live high up in the trees of tropical forests. Lemurs eat fruit and insects. Which of the following adaptations most helps lemurs to live in tropical trees? Lemurs have soft, gray fur that keeps them warm in cool weather; Lemurs have strong, long tails that can be curled around branches; Lemurs have small, black eyes that allow them to see well at night; or Lemurs have sharp, razor-like teeth that can be used to tear apart food.

Lemurs have strong, long tails that can be curled around branches

Symbiosis

100

A close relationship between two species that benefits a least one of the species is called

symbiosis or a symbiotic relationship

200

The Escherichia coli that live in your intestine and help break down food are an example of which type of interaction?

mutualism

300

Which of the following relationships is the best example of mutualism? a tick feeding on a deer, a coyote killing and eating a rabbit, a bee eating nectar and pollinating flowers, or a parent tree blocking sunlight from reaching a seedling tree

bee eating nectar and pollinating flowers

400

When a flea is living on a dog, the dog is the

host

500

A hawk building a nest on the arm of a cactus without hurting the cactus is an example of the symbiotic relationship called ____________________.

commensilism

Vocabulary

100

A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce is called a(n)

adaptation

200

An organism that can make its own food is called a

producer or autotroph

300

In predation, the organism that kills another organism for food is the ___________________.

predator

400

Bacteria and fungi are known as ____________________ because they break down the remains of organisms.

decomposers

500

The energy role of a grizzly bear is that of a(n) ____________________ because it cannot make its own food.

heterotroph