Disease Detectives B/C

[[dan]]

It's my first time on the event this year, doing it at States this Friday. I think this is going to be one of those events where I prepare all of the WRONG THINGS.

[colombiano]

tell me about it
we had the worst luck in this event we just ended up dropping it for state
they always ask about the diseases you didn't study, the eqautions you aren't good at, and a lot of things like that
we even got marked off for using a highlighter

[ophiophagus]

At regionals we had a lot of stuff about catabolism/anabolism, which i still don't fully understand. Also, who are some important epedimiologists to study(other than John Snow)?

[[dan]]

Cata WHAT?
Please explain! Also, epidemiologists? Definitely Robert Koch.

[ophiophagus]

catabolism = molecules broken down into smaller pieces = creates energy
anabolism= molecules constructed from smaller pieces= uses energy
i still don't fully understand this, can anyone help?

[colombiano]

catabolism = molecules broken down into smaller pieces = creates energy
anabolism= molecules constructed from smaller pieces= uses energy
i still don't fully understand this, can anyone help?

why were you tested on this in disease detectives???

[disease-detective]

what disease do we have to know? cause i have alot of them on my sheet and I don't know which ones i need and which ones i dont

[[dan]]

Your best bet is to learn about H1N1.

[disease-detective]

Your best bet is to learn about H1N1.

Thanks At states it was a test from the CDC EXITE website that I had seen but had not completed about food poising

[eta150]

The CDC will be writing the test at nationals, so it will be new, and most likely VERY DIFFICULT.
What you are learning may be, even for division B, on plane with college level material.

[SidT]

Speaking of Nationals, does anyone know what topic the Nationals test will focus on? (Like last year, it was waterborne diseases)

[eta150]

It should be on risks associated with population growth, but then again, last year's should have been also.

[SidT]

I know, but sometimes there is a specific topic just for Nationals. It's usually posted somewhere on the soinc or Nationals website, but I didn't see it this year.

[sciolympian]

Your best bet is to learn about H1N1.

or salmonella or other recent diseases in epidemics

[SidT]

All right, thanks.