Water Quality B/C

[Epicness101]

Somebody correct me if i'm wrong.

The current scenario you're describing goes something along the lines of supersaturation. One possible scenario is, well, beer. Under the high pressures inside the beer bottle, the carbon dioxide gas is easily dissolved by the water. At atmospheric pressures, such as when the beer bottle is opened, the solubility of the beer is lower, leading to the beer becoming supersaturated.

Another example. quite simply, is a cloud in an area/volume of water vapor

[caseyotis]

A very common question on tests is how temperature affects DO, so it's important to know whether cold or hot water holds more oxygen.

[FueL]

As far as I know, there's no simple relationship between temperature and pH. Much more important is daily variation in pH, which silentsage explained (CO2 dissolves in water to form carbonic acid, so photosynthesis, a process which removes carbon dioxide and only occurs during the day, would decrease a lake's pH while respiration increases it).

The relationship between dissolved oxygen and temperature (the warmer the water is, the less oxygen it can hold) is really important to aquatic life, which can only survive if sufficient DO is present, and does seem to be a favorite test question.

The most important section of the event to study, imo, is part one. If I were studying I'd probably devote 60% of my time to part one, 30% to part three, and 10% to part two (because the ID isn't too challenging and you only need to know basic facts about the invasives).

[Epicness101]

Personally, I devote more of my time to part 3, simply because it's so hard for me to comprehend. That's just my opinion, at any rate.

[yogoperson]

Hey you guys, how much ecology do you guys say would be good study for this event? I feel like basic ecology isn't helping me all to much. Maybe just estuary and freshwater ecology?

[Cjkowalcz]

Hey you guys, how much ecology do you guys say would be good study for this event? I feel like basic ecology isn't helping me all to much. Maybe just estuary and freshwater ecology?

I dont know if div. B is similar to c, but our test focused more on freshwater. We had NO questions about estuaries. But, we still knew about them, and every test is different. So, i would just recommend putting stuff in your notes and learning as much about both as you can. Good Luck

[yogoperson]

Hey you guys, how much ecology do you guys say would be good study for this event? I feel like basic ecology isn't helping me all to much. Maybe just estuary and freshwater ecology?

I dont know if div. B is similar to c, but our test focused more on freshwater. We had NO questions about estuaries. But, we still knew about them, and every test is different. So, i would just recommend putting stuff in your notes and learning as much about both as you can. Good Luck

Thank you. ^^
Really, more freshwater? Interesting.

[FueL]

Basic ecology is necessary as a foundation for aquatic ecology, which you should be focusing on. Estuaries were just added this year and I've also found that they don't come up on tests often. If anything they'd be part of an ecology question, rather than water quality.

[science_geek112]

What are things we need to study for for this event? Certain animals we should know? What terms should we know?

[caseyotis]

What are things we need to study for for this event? Certain animals we should know? What terms should we know?

You should be able to differentiate between every macroinvertebrate (larva and nymphs) and their class. This is good info for a cheat sheet though, because it's hard if you aren't proficient at sheer memorization.
You have to know WQI (Water Quality Index) pretty well, and know the categories (DO, BOD, nitrates, phosphates, turbidity, etc.).
Erm... What else. Practice tests are very useful because they tend to repeat questions (such as the famous "What is the relationship between temperature and dissolved oxygen in water?").