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Packet 2: Bonus 4

Answer the following about extremely durable microscopic animals. For 10 points each:
[10m] These eight-legged animals can survive extreme conditions such as the vacuum of space while in a dehydrated dormant form called a tun. These animals are also called moss piglets because they are often found on moss.
ANSWER: tardigrades [or water bears or Tardigrada]
[10h] Another phylum of animals that can survive harsh conditions while dehydrated are the rotifers or “wheel animals,” whose bdelloid (“DEH-loyd”) class reproduces solely through this process. In this process, an egg develops into an embryo without fertilization.
ANSWER: parthenogenesis [prompt on asexual reproduction]
[10e] Loricifera are a phylum of micro-animals that exclusively live in sediments without this gaseous molecule. This gas breathed in by humans is required for aerobic respiration.
ANSWER: oxygen [or O2]
<Biology — June Yin> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 2

HeardPPBE %M %H %
2621.1596%92%23%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
ChelseaNew Buffalo A1001020ME
ColdwaterOkemos A1001020ME
Detroit Catholic Central AHillsdale Academy C10101030MHE
Detroit Catholic Central BDeWitt B1001020ME
Detroit Catholic Central CHillsdale Academy B10101030MHE
Detroit Country Day ATaylor1001020ME
Detroit Country Day BTroy B001010E
Grand LedgeRockford B1001020ME
Hillsdale Academy DHolt1001020ME
Rockford AUtica Academy1001020ME
Traverse City Central AWhite Cloud A1001020ME
Traverse City Central BHillsdale Academy A1001020ME
Troy ANew Buffalo B1001020ME
U of D JesuitDeWitt A001010E
White Cloud BOkemos B1001020ME
WilliamstonNew Boston Huron10101030MHE

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Rube Goldberg XIX11/20/2025✓1620.63100%88%19%
SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS11/20/2025✓520.0080%100%20%
SPOOKY IX11/20/2025✓524.00100%100%40%