Dynamic Planet B/C

[tornado guy]

Ugh, WA state test was easy, but well written :-/

Are you thinking of WQ as easier? We got 2nd in DP so we must've missed one.

[silentsage]

I believe that rivers with a sinuosity index of 1 to 1.5 the river are considered sinuous and those between 1.5 and 4 are meandering. (Wikipedia, Meanders). Straight rivers have a sinuosity index of 1 (I think).

That's right.

Well, if you really want to be specific, straight rivers are never exactly "1", but yeah, and old rivers are the most sinuous. Only seen sinuosity on a test once.

[mnstrviola]

I always thought that 1-1.49 was straight and 1.5 and up was meandering. Also, I remember on a regionals test they had a whole page about sinuosity. You had to use a ruler to calculate the sinuosity of three streams and identify the one that was meandering.

[havenbreadfish]

I always thought that 1-1.49 was straight and 1.5 and up was meandering. Also, I remember on a regionals test they had a whole page about sinuosity. You had to use a ruler to calculate the sinuosity of three streams and identify the one that was meandering.

Truss.
Our regionals test had sinuosity on it, for one open-ended multi-point question. I had no idea, but the funny part is that my partner could have cheated on it so easily by checking it with his iphone. We didn't, but would've probs gotten first if we did, and that means I would have gotten firsts in all of my events.
I regret it sometimes, but Its probs better that I didn't cheat :p.

[silentsage]

I always thought that 1-1.49 was straight and 1.5 and up was meandering. Also, I remember on a regionals test they had a whole page about sinuosity. You had to use a ruler to calculate the sinuosity of three streams and identify the one that was meandering.

Truss.
Our regionals test had sinuosity on it, for one open-ended multi-point question. I had no idea, but the funny part is that my partner could have cheated on it so easily by checking it with his iphone. We didn't, but would've probs gotten first if we did, and that means I would have gotten firsts in all of my events.
I regret it sometimes, but Its probs better that I didn't cheat :p.

I believe that the class "sinuous" is the 1.5-2(I think) that you are looking for 2+ is meandering, the curviest.

[FlyingMonkey85]

I was wondering, what are you guys doing for "shorelines" for lakes (Under Section 3, letter "J" in the rulebook)? I have wave erosion, but am not sure if that is enough for shorelines. I mean, it shows how the shorelines retreat.

[mnstrviola]

Maybe shoreline plants, and the different types of zones associated with them.

That's all I really studied for shores.

[FlyingMonkey85]

Maybe shoreline plants, and the different types of zones associated with them.

That's all I really studied for shores.

Okay, thanks.

[BYHscioly]

What did you guys think of the National DP test?
The C test was a nice test with a nice length and difficulty. I really like how there was no multiple choice on it, like last year, since I can't do multiple choice.
We ended up getting fourth even though we dropped a page of the test on the floor (pages 1 and 2) and didn't do it...

[mnstrviola]

What did you guys think of the National DP test?
The C test was a nice test with a nice length and difficulty. I really like how there was no multiple choice on it, like last year, since I can't do multiple choice.
We ended up getting fourth even though we dropped a page of the test on the floor (pages 1 and 2) and didn't do it...

Sounds like a good test to me, with no mc and all.

Were there any questions that were really hard?