Ecosystems Jeopardy

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Ecosystems Jeopardy
Vocabulary Aquarium Information Terrarium Information Mystery Round Environment
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What is a consumer? (10 points)
3
What is the name of the process by which plants
create their own food? (20 points)
4
What is the name for organisms that make their
own food? Give an example. ( 30 points)
5
What does qualities does the pH of a substance
measure? (40 points)
6
What is a scavenger? Give an example of a
scavenger from our ecocolumn. (50 points)
7
What non-living things do aquatic plants need to
live? ( 10 points)
8
A mountain stream is a fast moving aquatic
environment. What is an example of a slow moving
aquatic environment? ( 20 points)
9
Which is a better choice to put 2-3 sprigs of
elodea in our aquarium or to put 20-30 sprigs of
elodea in our aquarium? Why? ( 30 points)
10
Give one example of a salt water ecosystem and
one example of a fresh water ecosystem. (40
points)
11
What change in an ecosystem would provide
evidence that fish are eating plants? How could
you observe that change? (50 points)
12
If the mustard seeds grew 3 cm in 10 days, make a
prediction about the 20th day. (10 points)
13
Why did we put our crickets and isopods in our
terrarium AFTER planting the seeds? ( 20 points)
14
Identify two living and two non-living things in
our ecocolumns. (30 points)
15
What benefit occurs when plants and animals decay
in soil? (40 points)
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• Four terrariums are used for a pollution
  experiment. Three of the terrariums are polluted
  and one is not. What is the terrarium that is
  NOT polluted called?
• The control
• The variable
• The pollutant
• The experiment
• (50 points)

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What is the primary energy source for a riverbank
ecosystem? (10 points)
18
Name a substance or object that is extremely
acidic. (20 points)
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What is a source of energy for a consumer? ( 30
points)
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• The zoo has a large penguin exhibit. Visitors
  can watch the penguins play, eat, and swim. What
  type of ecosystem is this?
• Its a woodland ecosystem
• Its a toy ecosystem
• Its a large ecosystem
• Its a model ecosystem
• ( 40 points)

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• A class creates two terrariums. Oil is added to
  one as a pollutant, but not the other. What is
  the variable in this experiment?
• The terrarium without oil
• The use of oil
• The use of two terrariums for one question
• (50 points)

22
Which of these is an environmental problem
littering or people walking dogs in the
street? (10 points)
23
True or False Rock salt is not an environmental
problem because its used to prevent car
accidents on snowy roads. (20 points)
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• Which of the following is the best way to test pH
  levels in soil?
• Place pH paper in the sun on top of the soil
• Plant pH paper with the seeds
• Press pH paper into the soil until it gets wet
• ( 30 points)

25
Explain how living things in an ecosystem are
impacted by pollutants and environmental
problems. (40 points)
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Name three possible substances that could pollute
an ecosystem. (50 points)