Jeopardy Review

Question 1

The physical environment where an organism lives?

Answer 1

Habitat

Question 2

These regions will support similar organismal communities

Answer 2

Biome

Question 3

Describing the sex of an organism would be considered this type of data

Answer 3

Qualitative

Question 4

Macro- and Micro- habitats are an example of this

Answer 4

Spatial scales

Question 5

This concept suggests that abiotic factors affect species distribution and abundance

Answer 5

Habitat template concept

Question 6

It makes up 3% of all water on earth

Answer 6

Freshwater

Question 7

This affects how life is vertically distributed in an aquatic ecosystem

Answer 7

Light

Question 8

Oxygen solubility is highest in these kinds of waters

Answer 8

Cold and turbulent (lotic) waters

Question 9

This is the zone in which temperatures rapidly decline

Answer 9

Thermocline

Question 10

This is the upward force that acts upon an object submerged in water

Answer 10

Buoyancy

Question 11

This is the largest aquatic environment on earth

Answer 11

The ocean

Question 12

Morningside pond is an example of this kind of environment

Answer 12

Lentic environment

Question 13

It connects all aquatic ecosystems on earth

Answer 13

The hydrologic cycle

Question 14

They are extremely diverse ecosystems found in nutrient-poor waters

Answer 14

Coral reefs

Question 15

This says that community change occurs gradually as you move from source to mouth

Answer 15

River continuum concept

Question 16

This represents a linear model of interactions

Answer 16

Food chain

Question 17

They eat at several trophic levels

Answer 17

Omnivores (and some aquatic animals that change form throughout life, since food chains are based mostly on size in aquatic ecosystems)

Question 18

This term describes the nutrient status in an aquatic system associated with intermediate production levels

Answer 18

Mesotrophic

Question 19

Multiple fish species that eat the same small snails are an example of this

Answer 19

Dietary guilds

Question 20

This measures the proportion of links within a food web for a given ecosystem

Answer 20

Connectance

Question 21

This measures the number of species in a community

Answer 21

Species richness

Question 22

Scuba diving is an example of this kind of biodiversity service

Answer 22

Cultural

Question 23

A higher value of Simpson’s Reciprocal Diversity Index (1/D) indicates this

Answer 23

Higher biodiversity

Question 24

A sea star is an example of this taxon

Answer 24

Echinoderm

Question 25

This phytoplankton generates 20% of atmospheric oxygen

Answer 25

Diatoms

Question 26

Reproductive success is indicated by this term

Answer 26

Fitness

Question 27

This evolutionary mechanism homogenizes different gene pools and can prevent speciation

Answer 27

Gene flow

Question 28

This species concept is defined as the smallest group of individuals that share a common ancestor

Answer 28

Phylogenetic species concept

Question 29

Colonization is an example of this kind of speciation

Answer 29

Peripatric Speciation

Question 30

The streamlined body of a dolphin and a shark is an example of this

Answer 30

Convergent evolution or analogous structures

Question 31

This incorporates all the land that drains into a river or a stream

Answer 31

Watershed

Question 32

This is the transition zone between terrestrial and marine environments

Answer 32

Intertidal zone

Question 33

This ecosystem covers 60-75% of tropical coastlines

Answer 33

Mangrove forests

Question 34

This stream habitat is defined by shallow and turbulent waters

Answer 34

Riffle

Question 35

This lake zone is defined by penetrating light

Answer 35

Euphotic, or limnetic

Question 36

These organisms are reliant on currents for dispersal

Answer 36

Plankton

Question 37

These organisms live on the air/water interface

Answer 37

Pleustic, like man-o-war

Question 38

An anemone is an example of this group

Answer 38

Cnidarians

Question 39

This invertebrate phylum is found solely in marine ecosystems

Answer 39

Echinoderms or tunicates

Question 40

Communities that consist of species with similar relative abundances are higher in this

Answer 40

Species evenness

Question 41

This term indicates species that live fast and die young

Answer 41

r-species

Question 42

These are the outside influences that affect life history

Answer 42

Extrinsic factors

Question 43

Increasing the number of offspring per breeding season results in this

Answer 43

Less parental care, or lower survival probability per offspring

Question 44

This type of shark incubation often results in the first shark pup to hatch eating the remaining eggs while still inside of the mother

Answer 44

Ovoviviparity

Question 45

Fish that spend most of their life at sea but breed in freshwater are termed

Answer 45

Anadromous

Question 46

Blubber is an adaptation to this

Answer 46

Cold temperatures

Question 47

This is the movement of water across a membrane

Answer 47

Osmosis

Question 48

This type of circulation occurs at the gills to increase oxygen diffusion into the bloodstream

Answer 48

Countercurrent circulation

Question 49

Freshwater taxa cannot survive in marine systems because they are adapted to be this

Answer 49

Hyperosmotic (bodies contain more solute than surrounding water)

Question 50

Marine taxa cannot survive in freshwater systems because they are adapted to be this

Answer 50

Hypoosmotic (bodies have a lower solute concentration that the surrounding water)

Question 51

Aquatic plants have adapted to use this form of carbon in photosynthesis

Answer 51

Bicarbonate or carbonate ions

Question 52

This taxa is included in the infraorder cetacean

Answer 52

Mysticeti/Archaeoceti/Odontoceti, or whales/dolphins/porpoises

Question 53

This structure defines mysticete whales

Answer 53

Baleens

Question 54

The earliest cetaceans are found in these modern day regions

Answer 54

India/Pakistan, the Himalayas

Question 55

This is the first cetacean capable of swimming

Answer 55

Ambulocetidae

Question 56

This organ assists odontocetes in echolocation

Answer 56

Melon

Question 57

This is the term given to large aquatic plants

Answer 57

Macrophytes

Question 58

This water movement results from forces exerted by the moon and the sea

Answer 58

Tides

Question 59

This oceanic zone is where the oxygen minimum layer occurs

Answer 59

Mesopelagic

Question 60

These animals only spend part of their life as plankton

Answer 60

Meroplankton

Question 61

The idea that recurring processes or attributes connect different ecosystems

Answer 61

Ecosystem linkage