Ecology B/C

[Urainium]

Hey can you tell me what exactly to study? the event is this saturday. i wish to study for it. Cause my parental objects will murder me if i dont

[French_Toast]

Hey can you tell me what exactly to study? the event is this saturday. i wish to study for it. Cause my parental objects will murder me if i dont

Know the stuff on the rules. Ecologic principles, stuff about the biomes(taiga and tundra specifically, but others do come up a decent amount, at least here), ect. Make sure you can interpret a food web, or make one if you're asked to. Read the thread and the wiki, they normally help. Use the recommended resources on the soinc site.

Ecology isn't a hard event, but there's a lot of stuff to know, and if you don't know it, you don't do well.

[lolliexdd]

I just moved from B division to C division and I had ecology last year, so what should I focus on for C division? Is there a big difference between divisions?

[TheGenius]

I just moved from B division to C division and I had ecology last year, so what should I focus on for C division? Is there a big difference between divisions?

I think that they are exactly the same.

[geekychic13]

Where would be a good place to go to find accurate facts on the tundra & taiga (e.g. climate info, animals, ect.)
besides the soinc website, because at regionals me and my partner based our notes on the training handout and the powerpoint and we found that no questions asked (about climate, animals, ect.) matched our info exactly (e.g. our notes said tundra annual precipitation was, say, 4-15 in., and on the test the only options were 5-10in., 6-19 in., 3-17 in., and 8-10 in.)
because if not we'll just have to go with the closest one (assuming that at State they won't use the training handout or powerpoint)
(this question may not be a problem for you if you are in a different state)
thanks a million if you can answer

[quizbowl]

Where would be a good place to go to find accurate facts on the tundra & taiga (e.g. climate info, animals, ect.)
besides the soinc website, because at regionals me and my partner based our notes on the training handout and the powerpoint and we found that no questions asked (about climate, animals, ect.) matched our info exactly (e.g. our notes said tundra annual precipitation was, say, 4-15 in., and on the test the only options were 5-10in., 6-19 in., 3-17 in., and 8-10 in.)
because if not we'll just have to go with the closest one (assuming that at State they won't use the training handout or powerpoint)
(this question may not be a problem for you if you are in a different state)
thanks a million if you can answer

Odd - the tundra has 6 - 10 inches XD
What I often first do is check the training handout and read the supervisor tips. After that, I took every single topic and researched it in depth on Wikipedia (it usually is good about this kind of stuff). Whatever Wikipedia couldn't find me I just searched in google (e.g. "tundra animal adaptations") and usually the first few links are pretty reliable. If all else fails, I crack open an AP Bio textbook, or an APES or Ecology textbook, and it's right there.

[geekychic13]

Where would be a good place to go to find accurate facts on the tundra & taiga (e.g. climate info, animals, ect.)
besides the soinc website, because at regionals me and my partner based our notes on the training handout and the powerpoint and we found that no questions asked (about climate, animals, ect.) matched our info exactly (e.g. our notes said tundra annual precipitation was, say, 4-15 in., and on the test the only options were 5-10in., 6-19 in., 3-17 in., and 8-10 in.)
because if not we'll just have to go with the closest one (assuming that at State they won't use the training handout or powerpoint)
(this question may not be a problem for you if you are in a different state)
thanks a million if you can answer

Odd - the tundra has 6 - 10 inches XD
What I often first do is check the training handout and read the supervisor tips. After that, I took every single topic and researched it in depth on Wikipedia (it usually is good about this kind of stuff). Whatever Wikipedia couldn't find me I just searched in google (e.g. "tundra animal adaptations") and usually the first few links are pretty reliable. If all else fails, I crack open an AP Bio textbook, or an APES or Ecology textbook, and it's right there.

thanks a fajillion!!!

[XJcwolfyX]

What kind of material would be good for state right now? Any good websites that could help for state? For people who have done this event in the past, what is on the state test?

[Swimming Muffin]

Gah! I'm freaking out. The competition's on Saturday ( ) , so I'm going to be spending a great deal of time on this event. I'm reviewing the rules, so I need I couple of terms laid out in lay-man's words.

When they say community interactions, are they referring to Symbiotic Relationships n' such i.e. commensalism, parasitism, predation, mutualism, etc.?

How exactly do you calculate population growth?

Can I pull it off by just saying that the carrying capacity is essentially the population of a species that is need to "saturate" the environment with the species?

WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TUNDRA AND TAIGA?

[quizbowl]

Gah! I'm freaking out. The competition's on Saturday ( ) , so I'm going to be spending a great deal of time on this event. I'm reviewing the rules, so I need I couple of terms laid out in lay-man's words.

When they say community interactions, are they referring to Symbiotic Relationships n' such i.e. commensalism, parasitism, predation, mutualism, etc.?

How exactly do you calculate population growth?

Can I pull it off by just saying that the carrying capacity is essentially the population of a species that is need to "saturate" the environment with the species?

WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TUNDRA AND TAIGA?

Don't worry, South Woods kid! Syosset is here to help!

Community interactions are the symbiotic relationships
population growth: G=rn (growth = rate of growth times population) OR population growth = (births + immigration) - (deaths + emigration)
Carrying capacity is the maximum number of organisms that an environment can support with enough resources and room.
Tundra and taiga? Just really read the training manual. --> http://www.soinc.org/sites/default/file ... T_2011.pdf

I might be coming over to help tomorrow (and bringing fossils) so i'll try to help you there.