Question

Yodzis and Innes proposed that large ratios of this variable prevent robust consumer-resource limit cycles. A model derives the power-law dependence of [emphasize] another quantity on this variable based on the flows in a fractal- like vascular network. Energy flux per unit area is invariant with this variable by the energetic-equivalence rule. Sheldon spectra depict the inverse relationship between this variable and oceanic species abundance. J.S. Haldane (-5[1])observed that greater values of this quantity (-5[1])necessitate more complex (10[1])oxygen transport mechanisms. (10[3]-5[2])The West–Brown–Enquist model explains the three-fourths-power allometric (10[3])scaling (10[1]-5[1])of metabolic rate (-5[1])with this variable (10[1])described (10[1]-5[1])by Kleiber’s law. (10[1])Bergmann’s rule describes (10[1])how cold-dwelling species exhibit larger values of this quantity, as do many deep-sea species. For 10 points, name this value whose evolutionary extremes are gigantism (10[3])or dwarfism. (10[1])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: body size [or body mass; or body length; or body volume; prompt on similar answers without “body”; prompt on descriptions of bigness or synonyms; prompt on size, mass, length, or volume by asking “of what?”; reject “limb length” or equivalents] (Haldane wrote “On Being the Right Size.” The penultimate sentence refers to abyssal gigantism.)
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2295%0%32%104.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vishal KanigicherlaPenn AVanderbilt A66-5
June YinWUSTL BColumbia A73-5
Geoffrey ChenCornell AJohns Hopkins A7610
Andrew SalijNorthwestern AMinnesota B7910
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AToronto A7910
Vivek SasseChicago BUC Berkeley A79-5
Chris RayOhio State AMcGill A7910
Ted GanPenn State AMichigan A79-5
Natan HoltzmanStanford ABrown A8610
Alex AkridgeIndiana APurdue A8610
Katherine LeiMIT ADuke A8610
Albert ZhangColumbia BFlorida A87-5
Ned TagtmeierChicago AHarvard A8710
Kevin YeUC Berkeley BRutgers B90-5
Jeya IyaduraiFlorida BChicago C9310
Joelle SmartRutgers AHouston A9410
Stevie MillerMaryland AMinnesota A94-5
Michał GerasimiukYale ATexas A9710
David BassVirginia AIowa State A10010
Karsten RynearsonYale BSouth Carolina A12510
Tanis NielsenClaremont ANYU A12510
Michael MaysImperial ANorth Carolina A12510
Lexi TermanRutgers BUC Berkeley B12710
Shahar SchwartzUC Berkeley AChicago B12810
Leo LawFlorida AColumbia B12810
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota AMaryland A12810
Todd MaslykMichigan APenn State A12810
Geoffrey WuColumbia AWUSTL B12810