Ecology Bio Review Game

ROUND 1 – 5 POINTS EACH

ROUND 2 – 10 POINTS EACH

ROUND 3 - 15 POINTS EACH

1. What would happen if we didn’t have decomposers?

A. Soil would be fresh

B. Nothing, matter/nutrients are still replenished everyday.

C. Wastes would pile up and most nutrients would cease to cycle

D. Scavengers would get rid of the matter left behind.

1. What would happen if we didn’t have decomposers?

A. Soil would be fresh

B. Nothing, matter/nutrients are still replenished everyday.

C. Wastes would pile up and most nutrients would cease to cycle

D. Scavengers would get rid of the matter left behind.

2. Where in the ecological pyramid would you find the highest number of organisms?

2. Where in the ecological pyramid would you find the highest number of organisms?

The PRODUCER, at the bottom.

3. How is energy on Earth replenished everyday?

3. How is energy on Earth replenished everyday?THE SUN

4. The zebra has 76 kcals of energy. How many kcals of energy would the lion’s predator

consume?

4. The zebra has 76 kcals of energy. How many kcals of energy would the lion’s predator

consume?

.76 kcals

5. What happens to energy that is not consumed or left behind?

5. What happens to energy that is not consumed or left behind?

IT IS GIVEN OFF AS HEAT

ROUND 2

1. Bacteria take the molecule below and for plants, complete what process?

1. Bacteria take the molecule below and for plants, complete what process?

NITROGEN FIXATION

2. In this food web, which organism is an omnivore?

Kelp

MinnowHerring

Sunfish

Water Moccasin

2. In this food web, which organism is an omnivore?

Kelp

MinnowHerring

Sunfish

Water Moccasin

3. How does carbon enter biotic factors from abiotic?

3. How does carbon enter biotic factors from abiotic?

Photosynthesis

4. In this food web, what is the shredder’s (small arthropods) level(s) of consumption?

4. In this food web, what is the shredder’s (small arthropods) level(s) of consumption?

SECOND AND THIRD LEVEL

5. Why can’t all animals be carnivores?

5. Why can’t all animals be carnivores?

Energy from plants can’t be used

How much of our atmosphere is made of nitrogen?

How much of our atmosphere is made of nitrogen?

78%

ROUND 3

1. In a population graph, if it is in a J-shape, this means…?

A. A population is growing at an exponential rate

B. The population has reached carrying capacity

C. A population is decreasing because of limiting factors

D. A population has halted intervals of growth and plateau

1. In a population graph, if it is in a J-shape, this means…?

A. A population is growing at an exponential rate

B. The population has reached carrying capacity

C. A population is decreasing because of limiting factors

D. A population has halted intervals of growth and plateau

2. What do all of these organisms have in common?

Carnivores

Herbivores

Scavengers

Omnivores

Decomposers

2. What do all of these organisms have in common?

Carnivores

Herbivores

Scavengers

Omnivores

Decomposers

They are heterotrophs

3. What type of organisms can be found at any trophic level in a food web?

3. What type of organisms can be found at any trophic level in a food web?

Decomposers

4. Two ways carbon enters the atmosphere….

4. Two ways carbon enters the atmosphere….

Volcanoes

Fossil fuel combustion

Decomposition

Exhalation

Open burning (wood)

5. Give two reasons why plants are short in the Tundra?

5. Give two reasons why plants are short in the Tundra?

Frozen Ground (Tall plants have to have deep roots to support them), and it is Windy