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5th Grade Ecosystems Jeopardy Review

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A 5th grade science review game covering ecosystems, food chains, habitats, adaptations, and energy flow. This is a Grade 5 Science review game in a Jeopardy-style format: a teacher puts the board on one screen, teams pick clues by point value, and the class answers out loud — no student devices or accounts needed. Categories: Ecosystem Basics, Food Chains, Energy Flow, Adaptations, Relationships.

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  • Ecosystem Basics

    What do we call all the living and nonliving things interacting in an area?

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    ecosystem

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  • Food Chains

    What type of organism makes its own food, usually using sunlight?

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    producer

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  • Energy Flow

    What is the main source of energy for most ecosystems?

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    the Sun

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  • Adaptations

    What is a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment called?

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    adaptation

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  • Relationships

    What relationship benefits both species?

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    mutualism

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Ecosystem Basics

$100 — What do we call all the living and nonliving things interacting in an area?
ecosystem
$200 — What term means the place where an organism lives?
habitat
$300 — What is a living part of an ecosystem called?
biotic factor
$400 — What is a nonliving part of an ecosystem called?
abiotic factor
$500 — What do we call all members of one species living in the same area?
population

Food Chains

$100 — What type of organism makes its own food, usually using sunlight?
producer
$200 — What do we call an animal that eats plants?
herbivore
$300 — What do we call an animal that eats other animals?
carnivore
$400 — What organism breaks down dead plants and animals?
decomposer
$500 — What does an arrow in a food chain show?
direction of energy flow

Energy Flow

$100 — What is the main source of energy for most ecosystems?
the Sun
$200 — Plants change sunlight into food through what process?
photosynthesis
$300 — An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms is called what?
consumer
$400 — In a food web, why can one organism appear in several food chains?
it has multiple feeding relationships
$500 — Why is less energy available at higher levels of a food chain?
organisms use energy for life processes

Adaptations

$100 — What is a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment called?
adaptation
$200 — A cactus storing water in a thick stem is an example of what?
an adaptation
$300 — What seasonal movement helps some animals find food or warmer conditions?
migration
$400 — What winter behavior involves a long period of greatly reduced activity?
hibernation
$500 — Camouflage helps an animal survive mainly by doing what?
blending into its surroundings

Relationships

$100 — What relationship benefits both species?
mutualism
$200 — What relationship benefits one organism while the other is harmed?
parasitism
$300 — What happens when organisms need the same limited resource?
competition
$400 — A hawk hunting a mouse is an example of what relationship?
predation
$500 — If a predator population drops sharply, what may happen first to its prey population?
it may increase

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