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JEOPARDY!Ecology and the
EnvironmentChapter One:
Populations and Communities
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JEOPARDY!
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The Environ-
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Pop-ulations
Natural Selection
Predation and
Competition
More Inter-
actions
Changes in Communities
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L1 – $100 Give three
examples of abiotic factors
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L1 - $200 Define
“Species”
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L1 – $300 Define
“Populations”
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L1 – $400 Define
“Communities”.
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L1 – $500 Define
“Ecosystem”
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L2 – $100 A population will
grow when the death rate is _______ than
the birth rate.
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L2 – $200 Besides death rate and birth rate, what
other factor determines if a
population will grow?
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L2 - $300 If there are 150 animals
in an area that is 25 miles long and 6 miles
wide, what is the population density?
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L2 - $400 Name the three
categories of “limiting factors”
Daily Double!!!
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L2 - $500 Some plants release
chemicals into the soil that prevent other plants from growing too close. This is called ________.
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L3 - $100 The process of
_____ _____ results in adaptations that
allow an organism to survive and reproduce.
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L3 - $200 Define “Niche”
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L3 - $300 Define one physical and one behavioral
“adaptation” that dogs have.
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L3 - $400 Name three
adaptations that round worms have.
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L3 - $500 What are the two
major types of interactions among
organism?
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L3 - $100 A predator kills
the ______.
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L3 - $200 Define
“competition.”
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L3 - $300 Name two resources
that organisms might compete for.
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L3 - $400 Give an example of a predator and the
adaptations it has to hunt its prey.
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L3 – $500 Name three (of the
five possible) categories of “prey
adaptations”. Octopus video
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L3 - $100 Define
“mutualism”
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L3 - $200 Define “parasitism”
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L3 - $300 Define
“commensalism”.
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L3 - $400 What are the two
categories of organisms in a
parasitic relationship called?
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L3 - $500 What term is used to
describe “any relationship between two
species that live close together where at least one species benefits
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L4 - $100 Give an example of an event that might result in “primary
succession”
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L4 $200 Give an example of an event that might result in “seconday
succession”
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L4 $300 The first species to
populate an area during primary
succesion are called _____ ______ .
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L4 - $400 ________ is “the
series of predictable changes that occur in a community over
time”.
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L4 - $500 What are the two main difference
between primary and secondary succession?