1. What was your main takeaway from Suzanne Simard's talk on how trees talk to each other? (1) 2. What specific ideas/information from the Ted Talk stood out to you as the most interesting/significant? (1) a. How do they relate to what you learned in the book and lecture? (1.5) b. How has this activity changed what you knew (or thought you knew) about roots/the rhizosphere before reviewing all this information? (1.5) 3. Identify at least two things (there could be more) that you learned from Dr. Simard's talk that surprised you or changed the way you think about forest communities. Be sure to explain how/why. (2) 4. How has this shaped your understanding of the material (particularly related to the rhizosphere/nutrient Remember that dynamics in forests and "nutrient-sharing" within and among species)? (2)