Ecology B/C

[gneissisnice]

Ugh, that test was too easy. I hate easy tests. They butterfly me off.

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

NOOOO THREE YEARS OF AQUATIC BIOMES! WAHHHH!
Ecology always manages to depress me.

Funny, those are the biomes that I would have LOVED to do. But no, I didn't even get to do Ecology until my senior year (it was deserts and grasslands) at Nationals, only because it was the same time as WIDI and the same 2 kids did both events. And I ended up with 5th.

[Paradox21]

Yeah, aquatic biomes are some of the most fun. Limnology has some really cool stuff in it and there are some amazing creatures in the oceans. Coral reefs are some of the most diverse biomes in the world. I would much sooner take any of the marine biomes. Taiga and Tundra is going to be... cold. There isn't a lot of diversity at the high latitudes. Lots of plants... and lichen. So, regardless of your biome preferences, take my approach and learn about ALL the biomes. But of course focus on the featured biomes.

[Nerd95]

2011 Ecology Discussion:
Tundra and Taiga

What do you think about the tundra???

[paleonaps]

I think that....

IT'S FRIKKIN FREEZING MR. BIGGLESWORTH!!!!

[quizbowl]

funny, paleo. real funny.
but on a lighter note, i always did like the tundra, and this seems like next year will be a good test.

[paleonaps]

Yeah, although the two biomes are similar in some respects- more than taiga and grassland, at least. Temperature is a good example.
So, like Anatomy last year, studying for one may wind up helping with another inadvertently. I think that's a good thing.

[frogzorz]

Isn't tundra essentially just taiga on steroids? It's colder, with less vegetation, fauna, and precipitation.

emo time.

[gneissisnice]

Isn't tundra essentially just taiga on steroids? It's colder, with less vegetation, fauna, and precipitation.

emo time.

Sorta, but the main defining feature is the dominant vegetation. Taiga is dominated by coniferous trees and Tundra has some grasses and a few other plants that can survive the cold and lack of nutrients.

[paleonaps]

Yeah, so a lot of animalian adaptations should be similar- such as hibernation, fat storage etc.

[frogzorz]

GREAT. Even easier tests than before. Don't you just LOOOVE unfairness?

Is the tundra's soil still acidic? Because I don't think there are many conifers up there...