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Report on the 12th International Biology Olympiad Belgium July 8 - 15, 2001 Under the Honorary Chairmanship of His Royal Highness Prince Laurent of Belgium Report on the 12th International Biology Olympiad Belgium July 8 - 15, 2001 12th International Biology Olympiad The IBO 2001 could not have been organised without help from: Universiteit Antwerpen Université Libre de Bruxelles - Vrije Universiteit Brussel Limburgs Universitair Centrum (Diepenbeek) Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques (Gembloux) Universiteit Gent Université de Liège Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Université Catholique de Louvain Université de Mons-Hainaut Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (Namur) Mme. Yolande Cantraine, secrétariat Département Biologie animale,ULB Prof. F. De Meuter, Aggregatie Biologie K.U.Leuven; Prof. M. Goethals, Faculteit Letteren Germaanse Talen, K.U.Leuven APrBr - ULB Aquarium (Université de Liège) Audiovisuele Dienst K.U.Leuven IBMM - Institut de Biologie et de Médecine Moléculaires (ULB, Gosselies) Internat autonome de la Communauté Française - Forest Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Dierkunde Antwerpen Nationale Plantentuin van België, Jardin botanique national - Meise Natuurreservaat Het Zwin Observatoire du Monde des Plantes (Liège) Palais des Congrès - Bruxelles; Paleis voor Congressen - Brussel PASS - Parc d’Aventures Scientifiques (Frameries) PROBIO - association des professeurs de biologie Royal Institute for Natural Technologies and Sustainable Development Technopolis, Mechelen, het Vlaamse doe-centrum voor wetenschap en technologie Velewe - Vereniging Leraren Wetenschappen VOB - Vereniging voor het Onderwijs in de Biologie, de Milieuleer en de Gezondheidseducatie Apple Computers Ford Genk Generale Maatschappij van België, Societé Générale de Belgique Hotel Astrid, Bruxelles - Brussel Maredsous Merck Eurolab nv/sa Belgium Mini-Europe Bruxelles - Brussel MIVB - Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal vervoer te Brussel; STIB - Belgium, July 8 - 15, 2001 Société des transports intercommunaux bruxellois UCB Pharma - 2 - 12th International Biology Olympiad IBO 2001 is organised thanks to the following financial supports: With the support of Avec le soutien de la Ministerium der Brussels-Capital Region Communauté française Deutschsprachigen de Belgique Gemeinschaft With the support of the Avec le soutien de la Federal Office for Flemish Government Direction Générale des Scientific, Technical and Technologies, de la Cultural Affairs Recherche et de l'Energie du Ministère de la Région wallonne Belgium, July 8 - 15, 2001 Université Libre de Vrije Universiteit Brussel Royal Belgian Institute of Bruxelles Natural Sciences - 3 - 12th International Biology Olympiad List of Belgian Universities acronyms FUNDP Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix Namur FUSAGx Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux K.U.Leuven Katholieke Universiteit Leuven LUC Limburgs Universtair Centrum Diepenbeek RUCA Universitair Centrum Antwerpen RUG Universiteit Gent UA Universiteit Antwerpen UCL Université catholique de Louvain Louvain-la-Neuve ULB Université Libre de Bruxelles ULg Université de Liège UMH Université de Mons-Hainaut VUB Vrije Universiteit Brussel Belgium, July 8 - 15, 2001 - 4 - 12th International Biology Olympiad The IBO trophy Belgium, July 8 - 15, 2001 Editors: Irène Popoff, Gérard Cobut, Hugo Vandendries Photos: Gérard Cobut, Louise Cunninham, Vic Rasquin, Sophie Van Rompuy Design & Layout: E. Terwinghe, L. Pommier, G. Cobut Copyright: IBO 2001 asbl-vzw - 5 - 12th International Biology Olympiad Belgium, July 8 - 15, 2001 - 6 - 12th International Biology Olympiad Table of Contents List of Belgian Universities acronyms ...................................................... 4 Table of Contents ..................................................................................... 7 Editorial .................................................................................................... 9 The IBO in a nutshell ............................................................................. 11 Launching IBO 2001: the press conference .......................................... 12 Patronage Committee ............................................................................ 27 Organising Committee ........................................................................... 29 Management Committee Tasks ............................................................. 30 Composition of the Scientific Task Committee ...................................... 33 National Scientific Experts Group .......................................................... 33 Participating Countries ........................................................................... 34 International Jury ................................................................................... 35 General Schedule .................................................................................. 39 Opening Ceremony ................................................................................ 53 Practical Test.......................................................................................... 61 Laboratory 1: Plant anatomy, morphology and taxonomy ................ 61 Laboratory 2: Animal anatomy, morphology .................................... 66 Laboratory 3: Plant pigment analysis ............................................... 67 Laboratory 4: Ethology ..................................................................... 74 Answer Key to the practical test ............................................................ 76 Theoretical Test - Part A ........................................................................ 77 Cell Biology ....................................................................................... 77 Plant anatomy and physiology .......................................................... 85 Animal anatomy and physiology ....................................................... 90 Ethology ............................................................................................ 96 Genetics - Evolution .......................................................................... 99 Ecology ........................................................................................... 104 Biosystematics ................................................................................ 107 Theoretical Test - Part B ...................................................................... 109 Cell biology ..................................................................................... 109 Plant anatomy and physiology ....................................................... 114 Belgium, July 8 - 15, 2001 Animal anatomy and physiology .................................................... 118 Ethology ......................................................................................... 122 Genetics - evolution ....................................................................... 123 Ecology ........................................................................................... 128 Biosystematics ............................................................................... 132 Answer Key to the Theoretical Part A .................................................. 136 Answer Key to the Theoretical Part B .................................................. 137 Individual Results and Medals Awarded .............................................. 139 Results and Statistical Analysis ........................................................... 146 - 7 - 12th International Biology Olympiad Theoretical section ......................................................................... 146 Practical section ............................................................................. 149 The connection between theory and practice ................................ 150 Ranking .......................................................................................... 151 English test .......................................................................................... 153 Aim and procedure ......................................................................... 153 Comparison with the experiment of the 9th IBO ............................. 153 The Test .......................................................................................... 154 Answer key to the English Test ....................................................... 159 English Test – Language form ...................................................... 160 Analysis .......................................................................................... 164 Closing Ceremony ............................................................................... 172 Programme..................................................................................... 172 Speeches ....................................................................................... 174 Evaluation ............................................................................................ 185 Press clipping ...................................................................................... 187 Belgium, July 8 - 15, 2001 - 8 - 12th International Biology Olympiad Editorial The International Biology Olympiad (IBO), which aims at increasing aware- ness of science among young people all over the world, has existed since 1990, when the initiative came from countries like Poland and Czechoslo- vakia which already had experience of national Olympiads. At a UNESCO meeting in 1989, Herman Snoeck was invited