forests - 2025 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

Hubbard Brook is an “experimental” one of these ecosystems in New Hampshire that functions as an outdoor laboratory for ecological studies. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name these ecosystems, whose “boreal” variety is characterized by dense canopy cover from conifers like pines and spruces.

ANSWER: forests [accept boreal forests; accept northern hardwood forests; accept experimental forests; accept Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest; reject “woodlands” or “jungles”]

[10m] This process studied at Hubbard Brook occurs when pioneer species colonize barren land. The “secondary” form of this process describes how species compositions change after a disturbance like a wildfire.

ANSWER: ecological succession [accept secondary succession; accept primary succession]

[10h] Researchers at Hubbard Brook measure the dimensions of plants to estimate this quantity, which equals net biomass accumulation plus organic matter losses due to mortality, herbivory, leaching, and volatilization.

ANSWER: net primary productivity [or net primary production or NPP; accept gross primary productivity or gross primary production or GPP; prompt on productivity or production; reject “secondary productivity” or “secondary production”]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	18.57	100%	57%	29%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	8	12.50	88%	25%	13%
Florida	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	25%	50%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	19.09	100%	64%	27%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	16.67	89%	56%	22%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	1	0.00	0%	0%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	21.11	100%	78%	33%
North	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	63%	13%
South Central	Main	Y	6	11.67	100%	17%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	18.33	100%	67%	17%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	8.00	80%	0%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	16.25	88%	50%	25%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%

Data


Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	10	0	0	10
Berkeley Mighty Miner	UCSC	10	10	0	20
Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Archer Queen	10	0	0	10
Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford B	0	0	0	0
UCSD A	Claremont A	10	10	10	30
Claremont C	Claremont B	10	0	0	10
UC Irvine	UCLA C	10	10	10	30
UCLA B	UCLA E	10	10	0	20
UCLA F	UCLA D	10	0	0	10
UCSD B	UC Santa Barbara	10	0	0	10
USC B	USC A	10	10	0	20
Ottawa B	McGill A	10	0	0	10
Ottawa D	McGill C	10	0	0	10
McGill E	Carleton A	10	0	0	10
Ottawa C	Carleton B	10	0	0	10
Toronto D	Guelph A	10	10	10	30
Toronto F	McMaster A	0	0	0	0
McMaster B	Toronto B	10	10	0	20
Toronto E	Toronto C	10	0	0	10
Toronto I	Queen's A	10	0	0	10
Waterloo B	Toronto A	10	0	0	10
Toronto G	Waterloo A	10	0	0	10
Toronto H	McMaster C	10	0	0	10
McGill B	Ottawa A	10	0	0	10
South Florida A	Florida A	10	0	0	10
Florida B	UCF A	10	10	10	30
ERAU Daytona A	Florida Tech A	10	0	10	20
Florida Tech B	Florida State A	10	0	0	10
WVU B	CWRU D	10	10	0	20
CWRU B	Ohio State B	10	10	10	30
Louisville D	CWRU A	10	10	10	30
Michigan C	Michigan A	10	0	0	10
Michigan D	Michigan State A	10	0	0	10
CWRU C	Michigan State C	10	0	0	10
Louisville B	Michigan State D	10	10	10	30
Louisville A	Ohio State C	10	10	0	20
Ohio State A	Ohio State D	10	10	0	20
Michigan B	WVU A	10	10	0	20
Kentucky	Michigan State B	10	0	0	10
JMU A	Tusculum A	10	0	0	10
Duke A	UNC B	10	10	0	20
NCSU A	Virginia A	10	0	0	10
UNC A	Virginia Tech B	10	10	0	20
UNC D	William & Mary B	10	0	0	10
VCU A	UNC C	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech C	Liberty C	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech A	William & Mary A	10	10	10	30
William & Mary C	JMU B	0	0	0	0
Columbia B	Columbia A	0	0	0	0
Rowan	Lehigh A	10	0	0	10
Rutgers A	Rutgers B	10	10	0	20
Maryland C	George Mason A	10	0	0	10
Maryland A	George Mason B	10	10	0	20
NYU A	George Mason C	10	10	0	20
Maryland B	NYU C	10	0	0	10
Rutgers C	Princeton	10	0	0	10
Rutgers D	Johns Hopkins	10	10	0	20
NYU B	Stony Brook	10	0	0	10
Penn	Vassar A	10	0	0	10
Lehigh B	Vassar B	10	0	0	10
Purdue C	Chicago A	10	10	0	20
Chicago B	Indiana B	10	10	10	30
Illinois Champaign	Illinois Canada	10	0	0	10
Illinois Urbana	Illinois Orange	10	0	0	10
Illinois Blue	Indiana A	10	10	0	20
WashU Grolars	Iowa B	10	10	0	20
Rose-Hulman A	Purdue B	10	10	10	30
Purdue A	WashU Grizzlers	10	10	10	30
Purdue D	William Woods University A	10	10	0	20
Wisconsin C	Minnesota	10	10	0	20
Michigan Tech	Iowa State	10	0	0	10
Wisconsin A	Macalester	10	0	0	10
Boston College B	Southern Connecticut State University A	10	10	10	30
St. Thomas	Wisconsin B	10	10	0	20
Alberta A	Washington Chinook	10	10	0	20
Arizona State A	Boise State	10	0	0	10
Arizona State B	British Columbia B	10	0	0	10
Washington Steelhead	British Columbia A	10	10	0	20
Alberta B	British Columbia C	10	0	0	10
Texas	Washington Coho	10	10	0	20
Washington Chum	Washington Pink	10	10	0	20
Washington Sockeye	Washington Masu	10	10	10	30
Central Oklahoma A	Murray State College A	10	0	0	10
Harding	Central Oklahoma B	10	0	0	10
Oklahoma	Kansas State B	10	0	0	10
Rose State	Nebraska A	10	0	0	10
Tulsa B	Nebraska C	10	0	0	10
Tulsa A	Murray State College B	10	10	0	20
Chipola College	Montevallo	10	10	0	20
Alabama A	Clemson C	10	0	0	10
Georgia A	Auburn A	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech D	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech B	Clemson A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech E	Tennessee B	10	0	0	10
Vanderbilt A	Mississippi State A	10	10	0	20
Auburn B	Sewanne	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Auburn C	10	10	0	20
Tennessee Tech	Emory A	10	0	0	10
Vanderbilt B	Tennessee A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech F	Clemson B	10	10	0	20
Durham A	York	10	0	0	10
Durham C	Durham D	10	0	0	10
Edinburgh A	Edinburgh C	10	0	0	10
Edinburgh D	Sheffield A	10	0	0	10
Sheffield B	Durham B	0	0	0	0
Imperial A	Bristol	10	10	0	20
Cardiff	Cambridge D	10	0	0	10
Cambridge E	Cambridge A	10	0	0	10
Birmingham	Imperial B	10	0	0	10
Cambridge C	Imperial D	10	10	10	30
LSE	Cambridge B	0	10	10	20
Southampton	Oxford	10	10	0	20
Warwick	Imperial C	10	0	0	10
Cornell D	ESF	10	10	0	20
Binghamton A	Cornell C	10	10	0	20
Cornell A	Cornell B	10	10	0	20
Rochester	RIT B	10	0	0	10
RIT A	Binghamton C	10	10	0	20