Dynamic Planet

Description - Students will use process skills to complete tasks related to Earth's fresh waters.

Dynamic Planet Breakout Page 1 - Click Here

Science Olympiad Dynamic Planet Resource page - Click Here

Science Olympiad Showdown Materials (additional practice tests & study content)- CLICK HERE

Quiz 1 - Click Here

Subject Contents:

1. Interpretation or fresh water features on USGS topographic maps

2. Stream drainage systems

3. Channel Types

4. Sediment: weathering, erosion, clast forms and sizes, transportation, capacity

5. River valley forms and processes

6. Perennial and intermittent stream flow

7. Groundwater: zone of aeration, zone of saturation, water table, porosity,

8. Karst Features

9. Lake Formation and Type

10. lake Features

11. Wetlands

12. Desutrction/Effects of land use changes

13. Hydrologic cycle and water budgets

14. Pollution: types, sources, transport

15. Critical zone hydrology