MadCow2357 wrote:AwersomeUser wrote:(URGENT!!!!-My competition is this Saturday!)Hi again! How do you all format the photos on google docs? Do you start a new line and put in line or do you use wrap text to save space? Also how big should my photo be and how many photo should I put for each?
Also, what does it really mean by "Taxonomic classification restricted to the hierarchy on the Science Olympiad Official Fossil
List". So it is like I don't need to know all this:"Protista (kingdom), Foraminifera (phylum), Granuloreticulosea (class), Foramiferida (order), Fusilinidae (family), Fusilinids (genus) for number 1 on the list but just Kingdom Protozoa and phylum forminifera (forams)?
iii. Conditions
Thanks in advance!!!
Compacting the photos and saving space isn't as important for this event, since you can have up to a 3 inch binder. I have one page of information and the back is for photos, I usually have 3 per genus. You should put whatever taxonomic classifications there are, even though they probably won't test you on too much of it. Just in case.
AwersomeUser wrote:also, are all the fossils that i am going to be identifying be a physical fossil? or can they be on photos too? also do i need a magnifying glass? i don't want to buy one (if my school doesn't have any to borrow to me).
AwersomeUser wrote:MadCow2357 wrote:AwersomeUser wrote:(URGENT!!!!-My competition is this Saturday!)Hi again! How do you all format the photos on google docs? Do you start a new line and put in line or do you use wrap text to save space? Also how big should my photo be and how many photo should I put for each?
Also, what does it really mean by "Taxonomic classification restricted to the hierarchy on the Science Olympiad Official Fossil
List". So it is like I don't need to know all this:"Protista (kingdom), Foraminifera (phylum), Granuloreticulosea (class), Foramiferida (order), Fusilinidae (family), Fusilinids (genus) for number 1 on the list but just Kingdom Protozoa and phylum forminifera (forams)?
iii. Conditions
Thanks in advance!!!
Compacting the photos and saving space isn't as important for this event, since you can have up to a 3 inch binder. I have one page of information and the back is for photos, I usually have 3 per genus. You should put whatever taxonomic classifications there are, even though they probably won't test you on too much of it. Just in case.
And also do I need to know the subclasses or orders? like for genus astraeospongia. I don't think I do, right?
HippoLowercase wrote:Hey, does anyone know how to differentiate between coelophysis, and velociraptor? Any thoughts would help!
HippoLowercase wrote:Hey, does anyone know how to differentiate between coelophysis, and velociraptor? Any thoughts would help!
HippoLowercase wrote:Hey, does anyone know how to differentiate between coelophysis, and velociraptor? Any thoughts would help!
UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:HippoLowercase wrote:Hey, does anyone know how to differentiate between coelophysis, and velociraptor? Any thoughts would help!
Velociraptor is smaller, around 2 feet tall. Coelophysis has four digits while velociraptor has three. Velociraptor's inner toe has a large claw.
Kyanite wrote:HippoLowercase wrote:Hey, does anyone know how to differentiate between coelophysis, and velociraptor? Any thoughts would help!
Velociraptor had 3 distinct fingers, Coelophysis had 4. Someone correct me if I am wrong.
HippoLowercase wrote:Kyanite wrote:HippoLowercase wrote:Hey, does anyone know how to differentiate between coelophysis, and velociraptor? Any thoughts would help!
Velociraptor had 3 distinct fingers, Coelophysis had 4. Someone correct me if I am wrong.
Another person mentioned this, so I think it's correct. Thanks for the help!
hmmm wrote:HippoLowercase wrote:Hey, does anyone know how to differentiate between coelophysis, and velociraptor? Any thoughts would help!
From my binder: "Coelophysis's skull is long, thin, and curves downward. Velociraptor's skull curves slightly upward,has a pronounced bump at the end of the snout. Coelophysis has three toes on each foot while Velociraptor has four toes on each foot."
Girlpower05 wrote:Unome wrote:UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:Platanus generally has differently shaped leaflets and (for lack of better words) a smaller "leaf angle"
The branching pattern of the veins is the most consistent identifier.
Can you explain how the branching patterns are different? Also, how is this image Platanus?
UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:AwersomeUser wrote:also, are all the fossils that i am going to be identifying be a physical fossil? or can they be on photos too? also do i need a magnifying glass? i don't want to buy one (if my school doesn't have any to borrow to me).
They can be either physical or photos. You will probably not need a magnifying glass.AwersomeUser wrote:MadCow2357 wrote:Compacting the photos and saving space isn't as important for this event, since you can have up to a 3 inch binder. I have one page of information and the back is for photos, I usually have 3 per genus. You should put whatever taxonomic classifications there are, even though they probably won't test you on too much of it. Just in case.
And also do I need to know the subclasses or orders? like for genus astraeospongia. I don't think I do, right?
Classification questions are theoretically restricted to what is listed on the Fossil List. I would note the full classification of each specimen somewhere.
AwersomeUser wrote:UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:AwersomeUser wrote:also, are all the fossils that i am going to be identifying be a physical fossil? or can they be on photos too? also do i need a magnifying glass? i don't want to buy one (if my school doesn't have any to borrow to me).
They can be either physical or photos. You will probably not need a magnifying glass.AwersomeUser wrote:
And also do I need to know the subclasses or orders? like for genus astraeospongia. I don't think I do, right?
Classification questions are theoretically restricted to what is listed on the Fossil List. I would note the full classification of each specimen somewhere.
Ok thanks but do I need to go into details like this:?
MadCow2357 wrote:meilingkuo wrote:I am coaching two kids for the fossils event. They have made a pretty good binder with all information. However, they just could not seem to finish all questions in time before moving on to the next station. It seems that they spend a lot of time flipping the pages to look up the answers for confirmation. Does anybody has suggestion? Does memorization certain information help to speed up? Does any kind of summary table help? We need help to improve performance.
Yes, I would try to memorize stuff. That helps when you are on a time crunch, and memorizing where pages are in your binder also helps you find them. I'd use a table of contents, and tab dividers for easy flipping.
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