Bonus
The invasive “Argentine” species of these insects has formed a 3700 mile-long “supercolony” ranging from Italy to the Spanish Atlantic coast. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these eusocial insects from the family Formicidae (“for-MISS-ih-DAY”). The “fire” type of these insects is named for their burning sting.
ANSWER: ants [accept fire ants or red imported fire ants; accept Argentine ants; reject “white ants”]
[10m] Argentine ants often “farm” mealybugs and these scale insects to “milk” them for their honeydew secretions. Ladybugs are often used as biological pest control for these insects.
ANSWER: aphids [accept Aphidoidea or Aphididae; accept greenfly or greenflies or blackfly or blackflies; reject “fly” or “flies”]
[10h] Description acceptable. In the Fynbos (“FINE-boss”) of South Africa, Argentine ants have displaced native ants that perform this action, known as myrmecochory (“mer-mi-ko-KOR-ee”). This mutualistic action occurs after ant larvae eat the elaiosomes (“uh-LIE-oh-zomes”) of diaspores (“die-uh-SPORES”).
ANSWER: seed dispersal [accept descriptions indicating the movement of seeds or spread of seeds or transport of seeds; prompt on dispersal or synonyms like movement or spread or transport; prompt on allochory or zoochory]
<Editors, Biology>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 10 | 16.00 | 90% | 70% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston College A | Vermont B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Brown B | Amherst A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Chipola College | Vanderbilt A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Dartmouth B | Brown A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Edinburgh A | Sheffield B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maryland A | George Mason A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Maryland C | Rutgers A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| McMaster A | Toronto B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Santa Barbara | Claremont A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Williams B | Dartmouth A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 1 | 0.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |