Eco-Trivia

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Eco-Trivia

• Ecology

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Definitions (200 each)

• All the populations of different species that
  occupy and are adapted to a given area are
  referred to as a(n)__________.

Community

• All living and non-living factors that surround
• organisms and affect their way of life.
  _____________

Ecosystem
Grouping of individuals of the same species In a
given area whose members can breed with one
another _________________
Population
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Definitions cont.

• Animal or species that is so rare it is
  threatened with extinction.___________

Endangered Species
This is the sum total of different types of
organisms. ____________
Biodiversity
It has been estimated that a layer of organic
material 12 miles thick would now cover the
Earth if not for what group of organisms that
break down dead plant and animal matter?
______________
Decomposers
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Things that rhyme with dude
Humans
Riding my Bicycle
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• Define Biodiversity.

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• Finish the sentence
• All living and non-living things in an ecosystem
  are _________.

Connected
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• Define Biome and name 3 types.

A biome is a part of an ecosystem with specific
types of organisms and surroundings. Desert,
Rain Forest, Tundra, Taiga, Deciduous Forrest,
City
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• Name at least 2 causes of fluctuations in
  population size.

Rate of birth, rate of death, immigration,
emigration
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• Give an example of a decomposer and explain why
  they are important for a healthy ecosystem.

Bacteria, mushrooms to decompose living tissue
into usable energy. Big pile of death things
without.
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• Define Population

All the organisms that constitute a specific
group or occur in a specified habitat.
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• Define food web and write out an example with at
  least 4 organisms.

Food chains connected to one another
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• Put these in their proper food chain order
  starting with a producer.
• Vulture, wild turkey, grass, coyote, grasshopper

Grass, grasshopper, wild turkey, coyote, vulture
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• Define exponential growth using a graph.

2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2 Exponential Growth
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• Explain where you think a venus-fly trap might
  fit into a food chain. Give an example that
  includes a fly trap.

Very little energy from insects. Most comes from
sun, So still considered a producer and on the
bottom.
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• Describe the water cycle.

Water from the atmosphere condenses, then it
rains, Then water evaporates into the atmosphere
again
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• How much heat is lost between primary and
  secondary consumers in an energy pyramid?

90
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Carbohydrates Oxygen

• How are the oxygen cycle and carbon cycle
  connected? Make sure to use those key words!

Respiration
Photosynthesis
Carbon Dioxide Water
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Bonus Q
How much would you like to wager?
What role do bacteria play in the Nitrogen cycle?
Include a picture describing the nitrogen cycle.
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• How would a population of black bears be affected
  if a new, non-native species of bear was
  introduced to their habitat?

Increased competition for food. Black bear
population would decrease and/or move
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Final Jeopardy
I need Energy

• If a producer gets 100,000,000 joules of energy
  from the sun, how much could a tertiary consumer
  receive?

1000 Joules