||Contestants will be asked 50 to 60 questions
concerning the identity, behavior, classification, characteristics,
and functions of some common organisms belonging to the animal, plant,
fungi, and protista kingdoms.
||Living organisms and preserved specimens
(slides). In some cases, only part of an organism will be displayed.
- Each contestant will be given an answer sheet which he/she must
use to record his/her answers for submission to the judges.
- The contest will consist of approximately 30 stations (each
station may contain more than one question). At each station,
a specimen will be displayed and the question(s) to answer will
- Each contestant will begin at a different station and will be
allowed 2 min. before being required to move in a clockwise fashion
to the next one. Expiry of 2 min. will be signalled by a supervisor.
- At the end of the competition, answer sheets will be collected
from the contestants and evaluated.
- Each of the responses to the questions asked will be evaluated
with equal weight - answers will be correct or incorrect (no part
marks will be allotted).
- The contestant attaining the highest score will be the first
place winner, the next two highest scores will be second and third.
||Youth Science Foundation Science Olympics
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