Jeopardy
Marine Reptiles,
Birds, and
Mammals
Marine
Fishes
Ecology
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Intertidal Zones Kelp Forests
and Estuaries and Coral Reefs
Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from Marine
Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals
Birds that nest on land, but
feed entirely or partially at sea.
$100 Answer from Marine
Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals
Seabirds
$200 Question from Marine
Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals
The difference between
amphibians and reptiles,
AND
which one is older in an
evolutionary sense.
$200 Answer from Marine
Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals
Amphibians must keep themselves
moist and lay their eggs in water.
Reptiles are thought to have evolved
from amphibians.
$300 Question from Marine
Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals
The three characteristics that make
penguins different from other birds.
$300 Answer from Marine
Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals
1. Flightless.
2. Layer of blubber.
3. Dense bones.
$400 Question from Marine
Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals
Two differences between baleen
whales and toothed whales.
$400 Answer from Marine
Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals
Baleen whales do not have teeth
and they have 2 blowholes, while
toothed whales have only 1.
$500 Question from Marine
Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals
The three uses for blubber.
$500 Answer from Marine
Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals
1. Buoyancy.
2. Warmth.
3. Food reserve.
$100 Question from Marine
Fishes
The scientific study of fish.
$100 Answer from Marine Fishes
Ichthyology
$200 Question from Marine
Fishes
The fin on the back or
top of the fish.
$200 Answer from Marine Fishes
Dorsal Fin.
$300 Question from Marine
Fishes
The reason why bony fish
need to have a swimbladder
for buoyancy.
$300 Answer from Marine Fishes
The skeletal structure
of bone makes the
fish heavier then if
they were made of
cartilage.
$400 Question from Marine
Fishes
List and describe the four
types of camouflage
used by fish.
$400 Answer from Marine Fishes
1. Warning coloration
• advertises poison
2. Cryptic coloration
• blend in w/ environment
3. Disruptive coloration
• stripes or spots
4. Countershading
• dark on top/light on bottom
$500 Question from Marine
Fishes
What is the difference between
catadromous and anadromous fish?
$500 Answer from Marine Fishes
Anadromous migrate into fresh
water to breed, and catadromous
migrate to sea to breed.
$100 Question from Ecology
Describe the difference between
herbivores, carnivores and omnivores.
$100 Answer from Ecology
Herbivores eat plants.
Carnivores eat other animals.
Omnivores eat both plants and animals.
$200 Question from Ecology
Which terms can be substituted
for ‘consumer’ and ‘producer’?
$200 Answer from Ecology
Consumer = heterotroph
Producer = autotroph
$300 Question from Ecology
What is an abiotic factor?
Provide 2 examples.
$300 Answer from Ecology
Abiotic factors are the environment’s
physical and chemical features that
influence an organism.
Example = salinity, temp, substrate
$400 Question from Ecology
What is the difference between
mutualism and commensalism?
$400 Answer from Ecology
In a mutualism both organisms benefit
from the relationship. In commensalism
one organism benefits w/o affecting
the other.
$500 Question from Ecology
What makes up an organism’s
niche? Provide three factors.
$500 Answer from Ecology
Niche:
• Where it lives
• What it eats
• When and how it reproduces
• How it behaves
$100 Question from Intertidal
Zones and Estuaries
The largest limiting factor
in the intertidal zone.
$100 Answer from Intertidal
Zones and Estuaries
Space.
$200 Question from Intertidal
Zones and Estuaries
The tropical equivalent of
a salt marsh.
$200 Answer from Intertidal
Zones and Estuaries
A mangrove.
$300 Question from Intertidal
Zones and Estuaries
What is the definition for the
intertidal zone and its scientific
name?
$300 Answer from Intertidal
Zones and Estuaries
The intertidal zone, or the littoral zone,
is the area of shoreline between the
high tide and low tide marks.
$400 Question from Intertidal
Zones and Estuaries
What are the four types of estuaries?
AND
Which type of estuary is the Chesapeake Bay?
AND
Which is also known as a fjord?
$400 Answer from Intertidal
Zones and Estuaries
1. Coastal Plain Estuary (Chesapeake)
2. Bar-built Estuary
3. Tectonic Estuary
4. Glacier-Carved Estuary (Fjords)
$500 Question from Intertidal
Zones and Estuaries
What is the difference between
an osmoregulator and
an osmoconformer?
$500 Answer from Intertidal
Zones and Estuaries
Osmoregulators keep the salt concentration
of their body fluid constant regardless of
the water salinity, but osmoconformers will
match their internal salinity.
$100 Question from Kelp Forests
and Coral Reefs
What partner do coral polyps
need to build a reef?
$100 Answer from Kelp Forests
and Coral Reefs
Zooxanthellae
$200 Question from Kelp Forests
and Coral Reefs
What is the largest limiting factor
for a kelp forest?
$200 Answer from Kelp Forests
and Coral Reefs
Temperature.
$300 Question from Kelp Forests
and Coral Reefs
What are the three types of coral reefs?
$300 Answer from Kelp Forests
and Coral Reefs
1. Fringing Reef
2. Barrier Reef
3. Atolls
$400 Question from Kelp Forests
and Coral Reefs
What is the difference between
a kelp forest and a kelp bed?
$400 Answer from Kelp Forests
and Coral Reefs
Kelp bed becomes a kelp forest
when the fronds reach the surface.
$500 Question from Kelp Forests
and Coral Reefs
In terms of geological succession,
which type of coral reef is the oldest?
$500 Answer from Kelp Forests
and Coral Reefs
An atoll.
Final Jeopardy
What three movies and three cartoon shows
were featured in this Jeopardy game?
Final Jeopardy Answer
MOVIES
CARTOON SHOWS
• Finding Nemo
• Madagascar
• Happy Feet
• The Jetsons
• Scooby Doo
• The Smurfs