Ecology B/C

[crabnebula143]

Yeah, I think tundra is next on line. And DP will be Lakes and rivers.

i believe next year is taiga and tundra for eco.

for dp.... isn't it glaciers?

[AlphaTauri]

No, I'm pretty sure it's Rivers and Lakes.

[rocketman1555]

DP should be lakes and rivers or something similar.

[gyourkoshaven]

Via the Event CD: DP:
2011-2012: Rivers and Lakes
2013-2014: Glaciers
2015-2016: Oceanography

What can be determined from the rulebook: Ecology:
2011-Taiga, Tundra
2012-Tundra, Freshwater Lakes and Streams
2013-Freshwater Lakes and Streams, Marine Estuaries
2014-Marine Estuaries, Forests

[paleonaps]

I thought so.
100th Post!!

[SO4L]

What did everyone think about the Nationals test?

[paleonaps]

Did you do division B or C.
Division B was ridiculously short (17ish questions) and too easy.

[Paradox21]

I was disappointed with the div. C test. It was also very short (25 questions) and was a station test scheduled for 40 minutes. It seemed like whoever wrote it didn't put much effort into the test. There were 5 questions on prairies, 10 questions on taiga, 5 questions on the nitrogen cycle, and 5 questions on ecological succession. People were expected to go very in-depth on most questions and were only supplied with a fifth of a page to write each question. Additionally, there was a very trivial section that asked you to match the common and scientific names of taiga animals. In general it seemed like whoever wrote the test didn't have a thorough understanding of ecology; most of the questions were either incredibly broad or surface-level simple answers. Gah, so frustrating.

[paleonaps]

That sounds horrible. But I think mine was worse.

[gneissisnice]

I was disappointed with the div. C test. It was also very short (25 questions) and was a station test scheduled for 40 minutes. It seemed like whoever wrote it didn't put much effort into the test. There were 5 questions on prairies, 10 questions on taiga, 5 questions on the nitrogen cycle, and 5 questions on ecological succession. People were expected to go very in-depth on most questions and were only supplied with a fifth of a page to write each question. Additionally, there was a very trivial section that asked you to match the common and scientific names of taiga animals. In general it seemed like whoever wrote the test didn't have a thorough understanding of ecology; most of the questions were either incredibly broad or surface-level simple answers. Gah, so frustrating.

That's strange, last year's event was very fair, in my opinion. Around 50 questions, all fill-in-the-blank, and a good amount of questions on Grasslands and Deserts, while still having many questions on just basic ecology, with a few tricky ones.