Question
Unlike most organisms, animals in this region tend to contain blue pigmentation. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name or describe this general region inhabited by organisms called neuston, such as the Glaucus genus of nudibranchs (NOO-dih-branks).
ANSWER: ocean surface [accept sea surface microlayer; accept descriptions indicating a body of water and its surface or its boundary with the atmosphere; prompt on ocean or sea; prompt on photic zone or epipelagic zone]
[10e] A namesake neustonic algae allows this sea of the Atlantic Ocean to serve as a concentrated biodiversity hotspot. Research suggests sea turtles may spend their “lost years” in this sea.
ANSWER: Sargasso Sea
[10m] The gyres that produce this ecosystem leave it, like the Sargasso Sea, as one of the few ecosystems observed to contain a high density of neuston. A 2018 Nature study estimated this ecosystem to stretch over 1.6 million square kilometers and contain 79 thousand tons of plastic.
ANSWER: Great Pacific Garbage Patch [or North Pacific Garbage Patch; accept GPGP; prompt on Pacific garbage patch; prompt on the plastisphere]
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 67% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 75% | 100% | 25% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 67% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 67% | 0% | 100% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 33% | 100% | 100% |
Data
| Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style | Parth et al. | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Milan et al. | The Passion According to C.H. | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| The Vulture's Guide to Buzz | Cameron et al. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |