5th Grade Ecosystems Jeopardy Review

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This board helps players review Ecosystems through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Ecosystem Basics, Food Chains, Energy Flow, Adaptations, Relationships. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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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

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

Food Chains

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

Energy Flow

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

Adaptations

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

Relationships

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

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