Jeopardy Game ECOLOGY CRCT Review. Ecology AEcology B 10 pts 20 pts 30 pts 40 pts 10 pts 20 pts 30 pts 40 pts Ecology C 10 pts 20 pts 30 pts 40 pts Ecology.

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ECOLOGY CRCT Review

Ecology A Ecology B

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Question 1

The diagram used to illustrate the flow of energy from one level to the next.

Energy Pyramid

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Question 2

A group of living organisms that are capable of making their own food with energy from the sun, usually found at the base of the energy pyramid.

Producers or Autotrophs

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Question 3

_________ may be found at the second level or higher, of the energy pyramid.

Consumers

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Question 4

The three types of consumers are called ________, __________, and __________.

Herbivores, carnivores, omnivores.

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Question 5

There is approximately ______ of energy lost between the levels of the pyramid, resulting in an availability of only _____.

90% , 10%

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Question 6

Which biome has soil that is thin and poor because of constant erosion due to runoff?

The rainforest

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Question 7

This type of cycle involves matter that evaporates from the leaves of plants (transpiration), falls from the atmosphere (precipitation), and seeps through the soil (runoff).

Water Cycle

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Question 8

Ethan is getting energy by eating chicken nuggets for lunch. What was the original source of the energy in the nuggets?

sunlight

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Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a prey adaptation?

1. Camouflage

2. Chemical Defenses

3. Warning Coloration

4. Parasitism

Parasitism

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Question 10

Bacteria, lightning and legumes all make the matter in this cycle useable for plants. The process is called ____________.

Nitrogen fixation

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Question 11

Which direction do the arrows in a food web or chain point?

Toward the one who gets energy or the one who is “eating”

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Question 12

Predator is to Prey as Parasite is to …

Host

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Question 13

Two hyenas are fighting over a fresh kill. What type of competition is this?

1. Competition within a population

2. Competition between parasite and host

3. Competition between species in a community

Competition within a population

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Question 14

What happened to the elk in Yellowstone Park when the wolves were removed?

They overpopulated

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Question 15

True or False? Removing top predators from an ecosystem is always beneficial to the other species.

False

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Question 16

An organism found in an ecosystem breaks down dead plants and animals. In the process it releases

CO2 into the atmosphere. This organism is a…

Decomposer

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Question 17

How do animals get nitrogen?

Eating other organisms

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Question 18

Which is the predator and prey in this scenario? A snake eats a mouse.

Snake- predator Mouse- prey

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Question 19

The relationship between a barnacle that gets a home by attaching on a whale. The whale is not helped nor harmed.

Commensalism

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Question 20

How does camouflage help prey avoid predators?

To help them blend in and hide

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