Quizzo Rules

• Answer each question as quickly as you can – it disappears! WRITE IN PEN!

• Only 1 answer allowed per question unless indicated

• You may double down on ONE round. This means that correct answers and wrong answers count twice as much. Indicate this at the end of the round by writing “x2” next to the round

Round 1

1. A wolf, deer, lichen, rocks describe a:

2. Two organisms that live in the same place share the same:

3. Both bacteria & fungi break down dead materials & return nutrients to environment. They are considered to be:

Round 1

4. What biome has permafrost?

5. What biome has cold temperatures, confirs, evergreens and a lot of snowfall?

6. What biome has poor soil due to constant rainfall?

Round 1

7. A biome that has large herbivores, wet/dry seasons and is always warm

8. A biome with “broadleaf” trees (ex: oak, maple), fertile soil, 4 seasons

9. An extremely dry biome, hot with cold nights, nocturnal animals

10.Biome with large herbivores, wet/dry seasons, warm summer & cold winter

Quizzo Grading

• Swap paper with another table• Using PEN, mark answers as right or wrong.• Tally the total points– Remember: if a team doubled-down on a round –

answers count DOUBLE their worth.

Round 1 - Answers

1. Ecosystem2. Habitat3. Decomposers4. Tundra5. Tiaga6. Tropical Rainforest7. Savanna8. Temperate deciduous forest9. Desert10. Temperate grassland

Round 2

1. Living things in an ecosystem are known as:

2. All energy in an ecosystem comes from the…

3. Organisms that make their own food are known as:

4. Organisms that eat plants only are

Round 2

5. If an organism’s scientific name is Sassafras albidum, Sassafras describes the organisms’ ___

6. Animals that consume other animals only are:

7. ________ consumers eat primary consumers

8. The ____________ level has the most energy in a food web

Round 2

9. Only 10% of level’s energy is passed onto the next trophic level (level of the food chain). What two things is the rest of the energy used to do?

10.What part of an ecosystem cannot be recycled? (energy or nutrients)

Round 2 - Answers

1. Biotic factors2. Sun 3. Autotrophs/producers/plants4. Herbivores/primary consumers5. Genus6. Carnivores7. Secondary8. Producers9. Maintain homeostasis & excreted as waste10. Energy

Round 3

1. Give an example of something organisms might compete for

2. Name the interaction: lion hunts and kills a wildebeest

3. Name the interaction: A mouse moves into a den abandoned by a rabbit

4. Name the interaction: A tapeworm attaches itself to the small intestine of a dog

Round 3

5. A scientist is research a unicellular organism with no nucleus that lives in extremely acidic environments. The organism likely belongs to which domain?

6. The set of weather conditions in a particular area is known as the…

7. Give 2 examples of a decomposer.

Round 3

9. Would the organisms in #7 have the same habitat or niche?

10.What would likely happen to the number of predators if the number of prey increased?

11.What would happen to the number of prey if the number of predators increased?

Round 3 - Answers

1. Food, mate, home, water, nutrients2. Predation3. Commensalism4. Parasitism5. Archaea6. Climate7. Fungi & bacteria8. Niche9. Number of predators would increase10. Number of prey would decrease

Round 4

1. Name: process A

2. Name process C

3. Name process E

4. Name process B

AB

C

D

E

F

Round 4

5. What process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

6. Global warming is likely to the increase of CO2 due to…?

7. Give an example of a fossil fuel

Round 4

8. What process takes nitrogen gas out of the atmosphere?

9. What process returns nitrogen gas to the air?

10.What type of organisms convert molecules of dead organisms into simpler molecules that can be recycled?

Round 4 - Answers

1. Infiltration2. Transpiration3. Runoff4. Evaporation5. Photosynthesis6. Burning fossil fuels7. Oil/natural gas/coal8. Nitrogen fixation9. Denitrification10.Decomposers