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I just found out that in Indiana, all B teams can bring binders. This is on the Indiana Sc.Olypd. website.Why isn't this happening in PA. t would really help for ornithology and other events.

wait didnt you just post that on ornithology?

emd19 wrote:I just found out that in Indiana, all B teams can bring binders. This is on the Indiana Sc.Olypd. website.Why isn't this happening in PA. t would really help for ornithology and other events.

Umm... all teams can bring binders for Fossils. It's in the rules...

soobsession wrote:

emd19 wrote:I just found out that in Indiana, all B teams can bring binders. This is on the Indiana Sc.Olypd. website.Why isn't this happening in PA. t would really help for ornithology and other events.

Umm... all teams can bring binders for Fossils. It's in the rules...

I think he meant that you could bring a binder for ALL events?
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eshyu wrote:

soobsession wrote:

emd19 wrote:I just found out that in Indiana, all B teams can bring binders. This is on the Indiana Sc.Olypd. website.Why isn't this happening in PA. t would really help for ornithology and other events.

Umm... all teams can bring binders for Fossils. It's in the rules...

I think he meant that you could bring a binder for ALL events?
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Ya im pretty sure this is wat he meant.

But either way, that's just stupid...Fossils is an event where you need a binder because theres just so much info they could ask you about. Now you can get the basics down (such as preservation, IDing, etc) which make up the majority of the test, but if you want to be competitive at the state and national level, youll need a binder in order to obtain the little details such as the range of the fossils, nicknames, morphologic info, and other such info.

I don't think you really need a binder for the other study events...

My partner and I have been studying dinosaurs because that is our major weakness and the grouping/taxonomy is really confusing us. Could someone please explain diapsids, synapsids, anapsids, etc.? And maybe archosauria and dinosauria, because I thought they were all under dinosauria but then we look it up and many things say archosauria. Anyway, it's all running together for us and I need someone to straighten this out! thanks

fossilgirl4ever wrote:My partner and I have been studying dinosaurs because that is our major weakness and the grouping/taxonomy is really confusing us. Could someone please explain diapsids, synapsids, anapsids, etc.? And maybe archosauria and dinosauria, because I thought they were all under dinosauria but then we look it up and many things say archosauria. Anyway, it's all running together for us and I need someone to straighten this out! thanks

"apsid" refers to the number of fenestrae, or holes in the skull. Diapsids have two, synapsids have one, and anapsids have none. Archosauria have one fenestra on each side of the skull in front of the eyes, so they are diapsids. dinodata.com has a good cladistic chart if you want to see the evolution. Dinosauria is a more specific group of reptiles, the dinosaurs, as you can see on a cladistic chart. Hope that helps.

I've been trying to find practice tests and quizzes to take but I have taken most of the tests and I have found no quizzes. I am at a loss as to where to look! Any suggestions?

Laxgirl18 wrote:I've been trying to find practice tests and quizzes to take but I have taken most of the tests and I have found no quizzes. I am at a loss as to where to look! Any suggestions?

have you looked on the test exchange on the wiki? i think they have a couple there.

Thnx every1 who wrote this thread b/c it helped alot...