methane - 2025 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

Water and this molecule are the typical components of structures indicated by bottom-simulating reflectors at the base of a "stability zone." Organisms that consume this molecule via AOM may reside in a transition zone of sulfate and this compound. (20[3]0[3])Microbial production of this molecule (20[1])may have promoted the P–T extinction event. (20[1]0[2])A "gun (0[1])hypothesis" (0[1])describes (20[2])this (20[1])molecule's (20[1]0[1])release from underwater (20[2])(*) clathrates. (10[8]0[2])This (10[1])is the most (10[1])impactful (10[1])molecule released from (10[1])the "active layer" in a seasonal positive feedback loop that accelerates its release (0[1])from melting permafrost. (0[1])This common (10[1])greenhouse gas is 30 (10[1])times (0[2])more potent (0[1])than CO2. For 10 points, name this primary component of natural gas, a hydrocarbon with formula (10[1])CH4. ■END■ (10[10])

ANSWER: methane [accept CH4 until read]

= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Gugan Thuduppathy	Montgomery Blair A	Adlai E. Stevenson A	38	0
Haricharan "Hari" Veginati	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Lexington	38	0
Maxwell Swann	Centennial A	Lambert B	38	20
Anvith Vanukuri	Fremd	Walter Payton A	38	20
b	Team 2	Team 1	38	0
Jonathan Ouyang	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Wayzata	38	20
Andrew Peuster	Audrain County AT	Grosse Pointe South	43	20
Samanyu Bhupalam	Innovation Academy B	Seven Lakes	50	0
Aaryan Sumesh	Thomas Jefferson A	Eastchester	50	20
Ezra Zibel	Montgomery Blair B	Thomas Jefferson B	50	0
Henry Nolan	Herron	Russell	52	0
Christian Watson	Westwood	Innovation Academy A	53	0
Sreekar Vajjha	Classen SAS	Barrington	54	20
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Strake Jesuit A	54	20
Samy El-Zahabi	Chattahoochee B	Winston Churchill B	55	20
Ameya Bhalerao	Downingtown STEM	Chattahoochee A	56	20
Darren Kellis	Milton	Uni School of Nashville A	56	0
Kaiden Lee	Northview	Hinsdale Central A	59	20
Andrew Zhao	Richard Montgomery	Hunter A	59	20
Anirudh "Ani" Srinivasan	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Montgomery Blair A	60	10
Andrew Gao	Belmont	Northmont	60	10
Draco Qiao	Carmel A	Uni School of Nashville B	60	10
Neel Rege	Great Valley	Georgetown Day	60	10
Arjun Murugappan	Irvington	Yukon B	60	10
Pranav Srambikkal	Lambert A	Lindbergh	60	0
Tristan Andre	North Quincy	Okemos	60	0
Sasha Tripathi	Parkway West	Glenbrook South	60	10
a	Team 1	Team 2	60	10
Beckett Pursey	Edina	West Point	60	10
Ryan Chang	Centennial B	Saratoga	61	10
Hrishi Bhooma	Thomas Jefferson D	Homewood-Flossmoor	64	10
Camille Pimentel	Hunter B	Coronado	65	10
Kartik Bhat	Solon	Lee's Summit	68	10
Nathan Liang	Thomas Jefferson C	Detroit Catholic Central C	81	0
Felix Sacks	Lincoln-Way East A	Walter Payton B	84	0
Maya Pujara	Fairfield County AT	White Pigeon	86	10
Brandon Torres	Carl Sandburg	Walker	90	10
Zachary Martin	Page	Detroit Catholic Central B	91	0
Christopher Stewart	Yukon A	Virginia	91	0
Dev Gurung	Okemos	North Quincy	93	0
George Aljarbo	Detroit Catholic Central C	Thomas Jefferson C	109	10
Aadi Pudasaini	Lexington	Adlai E. Stevenson B	111	10
Saathvik Koneru	Detroit Catholic Central B	Page	111	10
Snehan Saroch	Russell	Herron	111	10
Shaun Iyer	Innovation Academy A	Westwood	111	10
Aaron Zhang	Walter Payton B	Lincoln-Way East A	111	10
Vidur Kothur	Lindbergh	Lambert A	111	10
Ophelia Cherry-Pulay	Uni School of Nashville A	Milton	111	10
Samin Asif	Seven Lakes	Innovation Academy B	111	10
Sophia Guo	Thomas Jefferson B	Montgomery Blair B	111	10
Reily Gillenwater	Virginia	Yukon A	111	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	37	97%	30%	0%	74.36