Ecology

[Bryant]

in the rules, it says something about nutrient recycling. is that like how composting wastes work, or something else?

[rocketman1555]

i would think it means decomposers and decomposition, and compost probably fits too, and probably how nutrients travel through the trophic levels and the different cycles that certain things follow, Carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous, water

[legume1337]

Last year at an invitation, there were some multiple choice questions asking about a specific animal. Does anyone know how these types of questions work? Like which animals to study and stuff like that.

[rocketman1555]

definitely keystone species, and anything that has specific adaptations to a desert or grassland, but specific animals, i have no clue, i wouldn't expect to see that at state or regionals unless it is a keystone species, or a species common to one of the focus biomes

[legume1337]

Is there anywhere that I can find a list of keystone species?

[rocketman1555]

just google search for keyston species in a certain biome and you will get some results.

one example i can think of right now is prarie dogs in the american west

[legume1337]

nice, got it, thx

[Camden SO 09]

thank you for all the suggestions!

[oxfordcrew]

the last question on last year's test was what was the population of the world at eight o'clock this morning to the exact number. Come on.

[sidney7777777]

haha i am doing ecology too and i lovveee itt..and yeah i studied a ton and only 1/8 of the things that i studied was on there

[sidney7777777]

where are all of your from? MI??

[keamo]

Hello Jorge

[j787]

hi niko

[ScienceIsMyLife]

my fave question last year involved designing an animal specifically adapted to the desert. im glad i did it because those are the adaptations i need to know this year.

[Bryant]

does anyone have information on calculating different kinds of population growth? and natural selection?