Living Things and Their Environment

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Science Jeopardy

Chapter 2 Living Things and Their Environment
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Final Jeopardy
Ecosystems
Dependence on each other
Changes in Ecosystems
Adaptations
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Ecosystems - 100
What makes up an ecosystem? What are the four
ecosystems we learned about?
Living things and their nonliving
environment Ecosystems pond, desert, rain
forest, and coral reef
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Ecosystems - 200
Give two examples of biotic and abiotic factors.

1. Biotic Plants, animals, and
microorganisms. 2. Abiotic Rainfall and
temperature.
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DAILY DOUBLE
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Ecosystems - 300
How do desert animals survive very hot and cold
weather? How do they get their water?
They live underground They get their water from
the food they eat.
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Ecosystems - 400
Name one abiotic factors in a pond
ecosystem. Name one abiotic in coral reef
environment.
Pond ecosystem water, soil Coral Reef
ecosystem Coral
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Ecosystems - 500
Name and describe the four layers of the rain
forest.
Emergent layer the tops of the tallest
trees Canopy layer has snakes and
treefrogs Understory layer - below the canopy
layer Forest floor - very few plants grow here
because there is little light.
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Dependence on Each Other - 100
How are plants used as shelter?
Birds use plants to build their nests that they
use as homes. Plants (e.g., trees) give animal
a place to hide and stay safe from harm.
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Dependence on Each Other - 200
How do animals help the process of pollination?
Animals travel from flower to flower and the
pollen sticks to them. When they go to a new
flower they rub the pollen on it and it helps it
reproduce.
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Dependence on Each Other - 300
How do plants depend on animals to carry seed?
Animals eat fruit and leave fruit seeds on the
ground in their waste. Some seeds stick to
animals fur and fall to the ground and grow into
new plants.
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Dependence on Each Other - 400
How do animals depend on plants?

• Plants produce oxygen.
• Plants are eaten by producers who would not
  survive without them.
• Plants that are no longer living are eaten by
  decomposers.
• Plants are the main source of energy entering
  food chains.

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DAILY DOUBLE
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Dependence on Each Other - 500
What is the process called when male cells
(stamen) are transported to female cells (pistil)
in a flower? The ovary at the base of the
pistil turns into what after pollination?
Pollination Fruit
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Changes in Ecosystems - 100
Changes in the ecosystems can make it difficult
for plants and animals to ________.
Survive
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Changes in Ecosystems - 200
How can a fire help an ecosystem?
A fire can help a forest ecosystem from becoming
too crowded.
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Changes in Ecosystems - 300
An individual organisms response to change is
called _____________.
Accommodation
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Changes in Ecosystems - 400
What happens when ecosystems change?
Animals change their behavior and habits to
survive changes in the ecosystem.
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Changes in Ecosystems - 500

• What does endangered mean?
• What does extinct mean?

• Endangered means there are only a few of a
  specific plant or animal alive in an ecosystem.
• Extinct means that the specific animal or plant
  has all been destroyed or died.

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Adaptations - 100
What do adaptations help an animal do?
Adaptations help animals move, catch food, and
live in certain climates.
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Adaptations - 200
What are some adaptations of ocean animals?

• Some animals have blubber to keep their body warm
  in the cold ocean water.
• Some animals confuse its predators by looking
  like something else.

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Adaptations - 300
What are some adaptations of desert plants and
animals?

• Plants have adapted so they need little water.
• Some animals live underground to keep cool and
  safe.
• Some animals sleep during the day and are active
  at night (nocturnal) when it is cool.

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DAILY DOUBLE
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Adaptations - 400
What are adaptations and give two examples of
them?
Adaptations are special features that help living
things survive in their environment. A fishs
gills , a dragonflys wings, and an eagles sharp
eyesight are adaptations.
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Adaptations - 500
How do animals adapt?
Some animals use camouflage to blend into their
environment. Other animals use mimicry to hide
by looking like other organisms.
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Potpourri - 100

• It is a sweet drink found inside a flower.
• It is the study of how organisms pass traits from
  one generation to the next.

Nectar Genetics
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Potpourri - 200

• Living things are _________.
• Nonliving things are _____________.

• Biotic
• Abiotic

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DAILY DOUBLE
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Potpourri - 300
The rain forest ecosystem has __________ than any
place on Earth.
More Life
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Potpourri - 400
What are some adaptations of arctic plants and
animals?
Animals have special adaptations to help them
survive the cold. Polar bears have inner fur to
keep it warm and outer fur to keep it dry. Some
animals have large bodies so they dont lose as
much body heat.
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Potpourri - 500
What does pollution do?
Make living things sick and can even raise the
temperatures on Earth.
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FINAL JEOPARDY
Science
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What causes ecosystems to change? How can people
protect ecosystems?

• Natural events such as changes in weather and
  climate (e.g., hurricanes, tropical storms,
  drought) can cause ecosystems to change. Human
  activities such as air pollution, cutting down
  forests and digging for resources in Earths
  surface can cause ecosystems to change.
• Laws are made to limit pollution and make hunting
  certain animals or picking certain plants
  illegal.