total water potential - 2024 Chicago Open

Question

This quantity’s matric component, which arises from capillary and adhesive forces, may be as low as minus two for a dry seed, but becomes less negative during phase one imbibition. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this quantity measured in units of megapascals. When this quantity is lower outside a cell than inside, the wilting response occurs.

ANSWER: total water potential [prompt on potential]

[10e] Accumulation of this stress hormone is a defining phenotype of the drought response in plants. This hormone, which regulates transpiration loss by causing stomatal closure, also regulates leaf bud dormancy.

ANSWER: abscisic acid [or ABA]

[10h] Studies of the drought response in plants may find it useful to analyze this genus of poikilohydric spike-moss. This genus is notable for its members’ extreme abilities to recover from near complete desiccation, earning them the apt nickname of resurrection plants.

ANSWER: Selaginella

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Data

Team	Opponent	Part 1	Part 2	Total
Are You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret	SAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE	0	0	0
Berkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy	it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown	0	0	0
Charlotte's Moderately Successful Team	when you look this good, you don’t have to know anything	0	10	10
Galvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer	genAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet	0	10	10
LMM's LLM MLM	We Need New Names	0	10	10
Les Missourables	The Empire Bikes Back	0	10	10
Lisan al-Quib	A Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence	10	10	20
Lying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago	The Jeam Team	0	0	0
Mindgoblin of Little Hobbes	The Dyatlov Passement incident	0	0	0
Punished "Venom" BHSU	Read slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A	0	10	10
The Oldest Men in the World	There are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see	0	10	10
sticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone	First Cause, First Cause, make me young!	0	10	10
var merchants	I’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)	0	10	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	Heard	PPB	Easy %	Medium %	Hard %
2024 Chicago Open	07/28/2024	Y	13	7.69	69%	8%	0%