Ecology Jeopardy Template

Vocab	More Vocab	Ecology	More Ecology	Videos
100 Decomposers What is organisms that break down dead plants and animals; they are the "recyclers" of an ecosystem.	100 What is a factor that controls the size of a population - for example, availability of water or sunlight? Limiting factor	100 What is an organisms that would most likely decline if small animals like rats, rabbits and snakes were eliminated from an ecosystem? Hawks	100 What is the complete removal of decomposers from an ecosystem will have the greatest effect on which of the following? Recycling of nutrients	100 What is the song playing in the background in video 5? One Thing by One Direction
200 Ecosystems What is a working unit made up of organisms interacting with both living and non-living factors?	200 What is organisms that create their own food through sunlight? Producer	200 What is an organisms produces energy from sunlight? Grass	200 What is energy moving through an ecosystem in the form of? Food	200 What is the most common known type of decomposer (Video 5)? Earthworms
300 Abiotic What is all of the non-living parts of an ecosystem?	300 What is organisms that obtain their food by eating? Consumer	300 What is bacteria in a forest ecosystem are best classified as which type of organism? Decomposers	300 Light, water, temperature and food are all examples of? Limiting factor	300 What is a biotic factor to make energy from sunlight? worm, rabbit, hawk or tree Tree
400 Biotic What is all of the living parts of an ecosystem	400 What is the study of living, non-living and human-made parts of an ecosystem? Ecology	400 What is: Lightening from a thunderstorm strikes a tree that falls to the forest floor and dies. During the next few years the dead tree undergoes many changes. What organisms are most likely responsible for the chemical/biological changes? Decomposers	400 What is algae are producers who make their own energy through? Photosynthesis	400 What is: energy moves through an ecosystem through sunlight or food? Food
500 What is a location where salt water meets fresh water Estuary	500 What is areas of the planet that have similar characteristics, such as climate, amount of rainfall, and plant species? Biome	500 Which of the following best describes a role of mushrooms in the ecosystem? Breaking down dead plant material	500 All are biotic factors except: pine trees, raccoons, sunlight, mockingbirds Sunlight	500 What is: Food webs are simple or complex? Complex

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