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Question

The bacterium B. thuringiensis secretes toxins that can be used to limit the population of these organisms. For 10 points each:

[10e] What family of small flying insects lay hundreds of eggs in stagnant water and are the main vector of malaria? These blood-sucking insects are attracted to carbon dioxide exhaled by feeding targets.

ANSWER: mosquitoes [or Culicidae]

[10m] As mosquitoes have short lifespans, high mortality rates, and produce many offspring, they can be classified as one letter under this theory. Other organisms classified under a different letter under this theory include whales and pandas.

ANSWER: r/K selection theory [accept r selection or K selection]

[10h] This other hypothesis builds off r/K theory by using differences in life-histories of species to explain physiological and behavioural differences. “Fast” species in this theory are bold, active, and have high metabolism.

ANSWER: pace-of-life syndrome hypothesis [or POLS]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	6	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Eastern Canada	Main	Y	12	14.17	100%	42%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	7	14.29	100%	43%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	57%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	10	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)	Main	Y	11	16.36	100%	64%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Lower Midwest	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
North	Main	Y	5	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	14.17	100%	42%	0%
Northwest	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%

Data


CWRU D	CWRU C	10	10	20
MSU A	OSU D	10	10	20
Pitt C	MSU B	10	0	10
OSU A	CWRU B	10	0	10
OSU C	OSU B	10	10	20
CWRU A	Pitt A	10	10	20
Pitt B	Kenyon B	10	0	10