Final Jeopardy Review

Question 1

A HERMIT CRAB CARRYING A SEA ANEMONE ON ITS SHELL IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS TYPE OF INTERACTION

Answer 1

mutualism (+ +)

Question 2

THIS IS THE CHANGE IN COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OVER TIME

Answer 2

succession

Question 3

THE DECIMATION OF KELP FORESTS DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF SEA OTTERS IN NORTH PACIFIC ECOSYSTEMS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS

Answer 3

trophic cascade

Question 4

THIS ALLOWS THE COEXISTENCE OF COMPETING SPECIES

Answer 4

niche partitioning

Question 5

THIS INTERACTION CAN RESULT IN MUTUAL POPULATION REGULATION DEFINED BY OUT OF PHASE RISE AND FALLS

Answer 5

predation

Question 6

THIS IS THE STUDY OF THE FOSSILIZATION PROCESS

Answer 6

taphonomy

Question 7

SMALL, SHELLED FOSSILS FROM THE CAMBRIAN ARE TERMED THIS

Answer 7

small shelly fauna

Question 8

THESE EXTINCT FISH PROVIDE THE FIRST EXAMPLE OF LIVE BIRTH IN THE FOSSIL RECORD

Answer 8

placoderms

Question 9

INCREASE IN LEVELS OF
THIS WITHIN OCEANS IS THOUGHT TO CONTRIBUTE TO EXTINCTIONS DURING THE GREAT DYING

Answer 9

CO2/CARBONIC ACID ACID/ACIDIFACTION

Question 10

THIS IS THOUGHT TO BE ONE OF THE CAUSES OF THE CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION (BE SPECIFIC)

Answer 10

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Question 11

THIS IS THE STUDY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

Answer 11

ethology

Question 12

THESE INTERACTIONS OCCUR AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE SAME POPULATION

Answer 12

intraspecific

Question 13

THIS TYPE OF PREDATOR SPENDS MOST OF ITS TIME CHASING ITS PREY

Answer 13

pursuer

Question 14

AN AFRICAN PENGUIN GROOMING ITS PEER IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS BEHAVIOR

Answer 14

social behavior (cooperative)

Question 15

HELPS TO SUPPORT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELFARE OF CAPTIVE ANIMALS

Answer 15

enrichment

Question 16

THESE PROGRAMS ARE ONE OF THE EARLIEST FORMS OF CONSERVATION PRACTICED BY ZOOS & AQUARIUMS

Answer 16

captive breeding

Question 17

THIS WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL OBJECTIVES OF THE NY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY (WCS)

Answer 17

1) FREE ZOOLOGICAL PARK
2) PROMOTING ZOOLOGY
3) PRESERVING WILDLIFE

Question 18

THIS PLACE-BASED CONSERVATION METHOD IS CONSIDERED KEY IN MARINE CONSERVATION

Answer 18

marine protected area

Question 19

THE AIM OF THIS IS FOR PARTIAL RECOVERY OF AN
ECOSYSTEM

Answer 19

rehabilitation

Question 20

THIS IS THE MAIN GOAL OF CONSERVATION

Answer 20

extinction prevention

Question 21

BEAVERS CONSTRUCTING A DAM IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS KIND OF DISTURBANCE

Answer 21

BIOLOGICAL

Question 22

THIS CONSIDERS THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES FOR A COMMUNITY TO RETURN TO NORMAL AFTER A DISTURBANCE

Answer 22

resilience

Question 23

THIS KIND OF DISTURBANCE CAN OCCUR FROM RAPID SNOWMELT

Answer 23

spate (flood)

Question 24

THIS STATES THAT THE HIGHEST SPECIES DIVERSITY OCCURS IN AREAS OF OCCASIONAL DISTURBANCE

Answer 24

intermediate disturbance hypothesis

Question 25

DROUGHT CONDITIONS OCCUR IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC DURING THIS PHASE OF ENSO

Answer 25

el nino

Question 26

THIS TERM IS USED WHEN TALKING ABOUT POPULATIONS OF COMMERCIAL SPECIES

Answer 26

stock

Question 27

WILD-CAUGHT FISHERIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST SEAFOOD PRODUCTION IN THIS ECOSYSTEM

Answer 27

marine

Question 28

COMMERCIALIZED FISHING HAS LED TO THIS

Answer 28

1) POPULATION DECLINES/CRASHES 2) REMOVAL OF APEX PREDATOR BIOMASS 3) COMMUNITY SHIFTS 4) COLLAPSED FOOD WEBS ETC.

Question 29

THE DISCARDING OF LOW- PRICED BUT EDIBLE FISH IS CALLED THIS

Answer 29

price-based bycatch

Question 30

THIS TERM DESCRIBES THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE ANNUAL CATCH THAT CAN BE SUSTAINED OVER TIME

Answer 30

maximum sustainable yield

Question 31

THESE STRUCTURES PROVIDE SOME OF THE EARLIEST EVIDENCE OF HUMAN ALTERATIONS OF FRESHWATER SYSTEMS

Answer 31

dams

Question 32

IN ADDITION TO INCREASING GREENHOUSE GASSES IN THE ATMOSPHERE, THIS ACTIVITY HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE

Answer 32

land alteration

Question 33

THIS IS ONE OF THE DRIVERS OF INCREASED ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCES

Answer 33

1) HUMAN POPULATION CHANGES 2) RESOURCE USE 3) TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS 4) SOCIAL ORGANIZATION/CULTURE

Question 34

EXTINCTIONS ARE 1000 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THIS HABITAT

Answer 34

freshwater

Question 35

THIS OCCURS WHEN MORE HEAT LEAVES THE PLANET THAN IS ABSORBED

Answer 35

NEGATIVE RADIATIVE FORCING

Question 36

OXYGEN IS EXTRACTED FROM WATER THROUGH DIFFUSION WITHIN THIS FISH ORGAN

Answer 36

gills

Question 37

THE PELVIS AND FEMUR OF A WHALE IS THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE

Answer 37

vestigial

Question 38

PHYSICALLY SIMILAR TAXA THAT LACK A COMMON ANCESTOR IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS KIND OF EVOLUTION

Answer 38

convergent evolution

Question 39

ANTARCTIC FISH RAISING CONCENTRATIONS OF GLYCEROL IN BLOOD AND TISSUES TO PREVENT ICE FORMATION IS AN ADAPTATION TO THIS

Answer 39

cold temperatures

Question 40

THIS TAXA IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST RELATIVES TO CETACEANS

Answer 40

RAOELLIDAE

Question 41

a HIGH SIMPSON’S RECIPROCAL INDEX (1/D) CORRESPONDS WITH THIS

Answer 41

high biodiversity

Question 42

THIS TERM IS USED TO DESCRIBE LARGE AQUATIC PLANTS

Answer 42

macrophytes

Question 43

THIS TAXA IS MAINLY KNOWN FOR ITS STiNGING CELLS

Answer 43

any type of cnidarian

Question 44

THIS TAXA IS LIKELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GREAT OXIDATION EVENT

Answer 44

cyanobacteria

Question 45

this AQUATIC NUTRIENT STATUS ASSOCIATES WITH INTERMEDIATE PRIMARY PRODUCTION

Answer 45

mesotrophic

Question 46

HIGHER CONNECTANCE VALUES INDICATES THAT A COMMUNITY IS THIS

Answer 46

less diverse

Question 47

THIS IS THE COSTS OF FECUNDITY PER UNIT TIME

Answer 47

reproductive effort

Question 48

THIS IS THE TERM FOR SPECIES THAT REPRODUCE MULTIPLE TIMES IN THEIR LIFE CYCLE

Answer 48

iteroparous

Question 49

DECOMPOSERS ARE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN THE CYCLING OF THIS

Answer 49

nutrients

Question 50

THIS DEFINES A STREAM, AFFECTING ITS STRUCTURE AND CHARACTER

Answer 50

current velocity

Question 51

THIS PROCESS TRANSFERS WATER TO THE ATMOSPHERE FROM THE EARTH’S SURFACE

Answer 51

EVAPORATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION TRANSPIRATION

Question 52

CHEMOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA ARE USUALLY THE PRIMARY PRODUCERS IN THESE MARINE ENVIRONMENTS

Answer 52

HYDROTHERMAL VENTS

Question 53

this determines the shape of the shoreline

Answer 53

sea level

Question 54

THIS TYPE OF WATER MOVEMENT GENERALLY LEADS TO GREATER FISH POPULATIONS

Answer 54

upwelling

Question 55

THIS TYPE OF KEYSTONE SPECIES ALSO ALTERS THE STRUCTURE OF THEIR HABITAT

Answer 55

ecosystem engineer

Question 56

THIS CAN LEAD TO A CYCLIC DISPLACEMENT OF SPECIES WITHIN THE PACIFIC OCEAN

Answer 56

EL NIÑO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION

Question 57

PASSIVE DISPERSAL IS OFTEN UTILIZED BY INDIVIDUALS IN THIS STATE OF A SESSILE ORGANISM’S LIFE CYCLE

Answer 57

LARVAL

Question 58

THE BEHAVIOR OF AQUATIC MICROORGANISMS IS PRIMARILY INFLUENCED BY THIS

Answer 58

MOTILITY OR MOVEMENT

Question 59

REMOVING SHADE ALONG RIVER AND STREAM SYSTEMS RESULTS IN THIS IMPACT ON THE WATER

Answer 59

INCREASED TEMPERATURE