Ecosystems Game

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You managed to stop a fisherman from using a ten mile long net to exploit the Yellow Sea. As a reward you can have two turns in a row.

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You have been spotted using a flashlight in the Gayasan National Park. Your action caused light pollution. Skip a turn while you think about how you could be more environmentally friendly in the future.

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You were an active member of a coastal clean up day program over the summer break and helped keep our beaches clean. As a reward you can have two turns in a row.

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Accidentally you hit the trash cans with a ball causing them to fall over. The recyclable waste materials got mixed up. Skip a turn while you separate the plastic bottles from the paper waste.

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You planted a tree in your garden. As a reward take two turns in a row.

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You volunteered in the local zoo to help protect endangered species. As a reward take two turns in a row.

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Accidentally you spilled oil on the ground. Skip a turn.

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You wrote an article in your school newspaper about biodiversity. As a reward take two turns in a row.

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You forgot to do your English homework. Skip a turn while you work on your English assignment.

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You heard in the news that the water got contaminated but you forgot to mention it to your parents. Skip a turn while you inform them.

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Your team members are interested in the dietary habits of the animals. Explain to them what a carnivore would eat.

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Your team members are interested in the dietary habits of the animals. Explain to them what a herbivore would not eat.

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Tommy, a first grader, does not understand what a prey-predator relationship is. Explain it to him by putting these words in meaningful sentences.

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How can you define "population"?

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Explain to your team what the biotic and abiotic factors are.

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My team is in the spotlight

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Your team wants to know what deforestation is, but you lost your voice and are unable to talk to the others. Draw a picture that would describe deforestation to your team.

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Your team wants to know what overgrazing is, but you lost your voice and are unable to talk to the others. Draw a picture that would describe overgrazing to your team.

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Your team wants to know what biodiversity is, but you lost your voice and are unable to talk to the others. Draw a picture that would describe biodiversity to your team.

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Give two examples of an aquatic, and another two of a terrestrial ecosystem.

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Place the word "habitat" to a meaningful sentence.

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Give an example of an autotroph, and another one of a heterotroph organism.

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Your team is curious to find out the differences between population and community and they need your help. However,you cannot talk to them as you throat is sore. Draw a picture that would show the differences to them.

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Describe the following biome to your team without mentioning the name of the biome: temperate deciduous forest.

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Place the following word to a meaningful sentence: decomposer.

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Place the following word to a meaningful sentence: producer.

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Your biologist friend, Peter, wants to draw a picture to your team that would describe the desert biome, but he is too busy with taking samples of the soil. Help him out by drawing the picture for him.

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Your biologist friend, Peter, wants to draw a picture to your team that would describe the taiga biome, but he is too busy with taking water samples. Help him out by drawing the picture for him.

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Your biologist friend, Peter, wants to give an example of typical food chain to your team that would describe the tundra biome, but he is too busy with taking pictures. Help him out by giving an example of food chain that is typical of the tundra biome to your team and let's see if your team can find the correct biome with the help of your food chain.

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Help Tommy, your first grader friend, decide is the following sentence true or false.

Omnivore animals, like pigs, only eat other animals.

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Help your biologist friend, Peter, decide whether the following sentence is true or false.

Secondary consumers are heterotroph carnivores that feed on tertiary consumers.

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Help your biologist friend, Peter, decide whether the following sentence is true or false.

Primary consumers are autotroph herbivores.

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Help your biologist friend, Peter, decide whether the following sentence is true or false.

Producers have the greatest biomass of any trophic level.

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Help your biologist friend, Peter, decide whether the following sentence is true or false.

Tertiary consumers are carnivores that feed on secondary consumers.

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Draw a descriptive picture of acid rain effect and let your team guess which human impact you presented.

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Without mentioning the name of the biome give a detailed description of tropical rain forest to your team. Let your team guess which biome you described.

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Place "introduction to new species" to a meaningful sentence.

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Help your biologist friend, Peter, decide whether the following sentence is true or false.

Marine biome is the largest biome, covering one-fourth of the earth's surface.

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Help your biologist friend, Peter, decide whether the following sentence is true or false.

Taiga located in northern Canada and much of the world's southern regions.

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Draw a descriptive picture of depletion of ozone layer and let your team guess which human impact you presented.

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Give a definition of the word "biome".