Question

A research station studying one of these ecosystems operated by the Smithsonian has conducted a census every 5 years since 1980 on Barro Colorado (10[1])Island. (10[2])LAI decreases when adjacent organisms in these ecosystems maintain a gap in a phenomenon called “shyness.” (10[3]-5[1])Specialist enemies of a type (10[1])of (10[1])organism (10[1])in these ecosystems (10[1])are thought to facilitate their biodiversity according to the Janzen–Connell (-5[1])hypothesis. (10[5]-5[1])Within these ecosystems, (10[1])processes (10[1])by saproxylic organisms are the main contributors to nutrient cycling. (10[1]-5[2])Bridge-forming (-5[1])lianas (10[1]-5[1])in these (10[2])ecosystems (10[1])can be infected by the holoparasitic (10[1])genus Rafflesia. (10[3]-5[1])Mycorrhizae (10[1]-5[1])networks often form under (10[1])the (-5[1])“floors” (10[4]-5[1])of these (10[1])ecosystems, (10[7]-5[2])where decomposers (10[2])feed (10[1])on detritus like leaves. (10[4])For 10 points, name these (10[1])ecosystems whose canopy (10[1])is (10[1])formed (10[1])by trees. (10[2])■END■ (10[10])

ANSWER: forests [or rainforests; prompt on trees until read; prompt on forest canopies or forest floors until read by asking “what larger ecosystem is that a zone of?”]
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%91.67
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%84.83
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%76.50
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%73.50
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%107.67
Northeast2025-02-01Y5100%0%20%91.60
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%40%88.60
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%71.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%100%118.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%50%103.25
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%20%87.30
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%0%81.00
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%88.33

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rahim DinaImperial AWarwick A2310
Sharath NarayanNorthwestern APurdue2410
Lucas MansfieldUW BAlberta2410
Nicholas NguyenFlorida BFlorida State A4010
Rasheeq AzadUNC BUNC D4010
Yrwin BatanMIT AHarvard A4010
Viraj NegandhiTexas BTAMU40-5
Braeden LaRocheSouth CarolinaUNC C4510
Sophie LymanWashU AWashU B4610
Noah ChenColumbia BJohn Jay College4710
Simon ZimmermanOhio State AOhio State B5010
Jonah HubertNotre Dame BGeorgetown A60-5
Jacob EgolDukeWake Forest6110
Adam FineChicago AChicago C6110
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech CVanderbilt A61-5
Brendan BethlehemCambridge ASouthampton B6110
Richard NiuCornell BRutgers A6110
Jem BurchYale AJohns Hopkins A6110
Yash MandaviaIllinois BMissoui S&T6410
Ryan JudgeCarnegie Mellon ACase Western B6510
Jakob MyersIndiana AIllinois C7510
Allan LeeStanford BNotre Dame C75-5
Ian McDowellCambridge CDurham75-5
Karan GurazadaTexas AASU76-5
Ezra SantosChicago BChicago D7710
Truman FillbrandtUW AUBC77-5
Ryan RosenbergNYU APenn A7910
Emilie MooreRIT BCornell D7910
Albert NyangLSEWarwick B8010
Andrei HuiCambridge BImperial B8610
Owen AshbrookIowaNorthwestern B8810
Lily MorrisBristolSouthampton A88-5
Andy YuMaryland AGeorge Washington B8810
Gregory StoneESF ACornell C8810
Andrew WangIllinois AMissouri89-5
Joel CrossleyManchesterOxford B8910
Ilyas ChoukriVirginia Tech ALiberty B9310
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech BTennessee A94-5
Conor ThompsonIowa StateWisconsin B9510
Eren MicheletBUDartmouth A95-5
Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech DLouisville A9510
Michael ZhouGeorgia Tech AAlabama A9510
Andrew FisherSheffieldOxford A9510
Andrew HarmsMichigan StateKenyon9710
Raj DoshiUCF BFlorida A98-5
Dennis YangMichigan CMichigan D9810
Todd MaslykMichigan ACarnegie Mellon B9810
Aaron MarchandCarletonWinona State98-5
Andrew MessersmithBrandeis BTufts A9810
Alex JiangBrown ABrandeis A9810
Lewis StrachanCambridge ENYU C9810
Chauncey LoColumbia CGeorge Washington A9810
Chris ScheriRIT ABinghamton A9810
Ben HorningGeorgetown BNotre Dame A10010
Sam MacchiVassar AHaverford A10010
Alan LeeCase Western AMichigan B10110
Joseph ChambersVirginia AWilliam & Mary10510
Jerry ZhangHarvard BUMass Boston10510
Alina MooreTennessee AGeorgia Tech B10510
Linus LuuCambridge DOxford C10510
Foster HughesMinnesota BWisconsin A11010
Will SandersNotre Dame CStanford B11310
Leonard CastinePenn BHaverford B11410
Caleb HinesLiberty ALiberty C11510
Clete ReinbergerValencia AUCF C11710
William ParocaiDartmouth ABU11710
Tiffany ZhouFlorida AUCF B11810
Wyatt CurryMissouriIllinois A11810
Henry BonWinona StateCarleton11810
Matt ShinnickGeorgetown ANotre Dame B11810
Russell NipUBCUW A11810
Bryan UgazASUTexas A11810
Seth WebbTAMUTexas B11810
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt AGeorgia Tech C11810
Hamish CampbellDurhamCambridge C11810
Christian SherringtonSouthampton ABristol11810