M10-M11 Jeopardy

Question 1

How species organise within their habitat.

Answer 1

species distribution

Question 2

Survivorship type associated with high parental care.

Answer 2

Type 1

Question 3

The population estimate tool were you place a square on the ground and count the species

Answer 3

quadrat

Question 4

The number of individuals within a species per unit area.

Answer 4

population density

Question 5

The “mark and recapture” population estimate formula.

Answer 5

N=MC/R

Question 6

Populations with unlimited resources will exhibit this type of growth curve.

Answer 6

exponential

Question 7

The maximum population size of a species that an environment is capable of sustaining.

Answer 7

carrying capacity

Question 8

Two characteristics of r-selected species.

Answer 8

Early Maturation, Shorter Lifespan, Less/no parental care, Large # of offspring, Offspring smaller in size

Question 9

Three characteristics of K-selected species.

Answer 9

Later maturation, Longer lifespan, More parental care, Fewer offspring , Offspring larger in size

Question 10

Type of population growth regulation which is caused by physical factors (as opposed to biological).

Answer 10

density-independent

Question 11

A top predator whose presence maintain biodiversity of a community.

Answer 11

keystone species

Question 12

The type of symbiosis displayed when birds eat the bugs next to a bison

Answer 12

commensalism

Question 13

The type of mimicry when a harmless species imitates a harmful species.

Answer 13

Batesian mimicry

Question 14

Idea that no two species can occupy the same niche at the same time.

Answer 14

competitive exclusion principle

Question 15

The type of succession when a foundation species comes from new land forming

Answer 15

primary succession

Question 16

The ecosystem type that encompasses most of the Earth’s surface.

Answer 16

marine ecosystem

Question 17

Definition of ecosystem ecology.

Answer 17

study of how nutrients + energy flow through organisms and their surroundings

Question 18

[BLANK] decreases as trophic level increases.

Answer 18

Energy

Question 19

Biogeochemical cycle in which an alteration may cause ocean acidification.

Answer 19

Carbon cycle

Question 20

The biome being described:
subarctic
coniferous evergreens
taiga

Answer 20

boreal forest

Question 21

A weakened solution of a virus that produces an immune response.

Answer 21

vaccine

Question 22

The 2 ways that viruses release themselves from their host cell after replication.

Answer 22

budding and lysis

Question 23

The immune response that is non-specific to the pathogen type.

Answer 23

innate immunity

Question 24

The collection of proteins that assist the innate immune system.

Answer 24

complement system

Question 25

Failure in or delayed immune response that can be genetic or acquired.

Answer 25

immunodeficiency