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Thank you pettywap and knottingpurple! I admittedly have been stalking the DP forums hahah what fun (read: I'm crying) and noticed someone else posted a question similar to mine. Seeing how no one responded, I was hopping if I prodded some more, a knowledgeable one would enlighten us all. Is there a specific time frame I should focus on for that topic (like mesozoic etc)? Also I have searched for ocean currents before but can't find any info on prehistoric currents and change over time...

(Thank you once again!!)

S.liiin wrote:Thank you pettywap and knottingpurple! I admittedly have been stalking the DP forums hahah what fun (read: I'm crying) and noticed someone else posted a question similar to mine. Seeing how no one responded, I was hopping if I prodded some more, a knowledgeable one would enlighten us all. Is there a specific time frame I should focus on for that topic (like mesozoic etc)? Also I have searched for ocean currents before but can't find any info on prehistoric currents and change over time...

(Thank you once again!!)

They usually don't test on a specific time period, rather they focus on the mechanics of what has happened in the past and why. I have never seen any thing about prehistoric currents so I wouldn't worry too much abut that. Though if you do come across something let me know.

So I just got thrown into this event and there's only a couple weeks until regionals. How should I start off studying for the event? Also, can anyone provide a link the Dynamic Planet rules sheet as my school, albeit unreasonably, threw away all the excess event rules sheets?
Thanks. Really appreciate it.

geniusjohn5 wrote:So I just got thrown into this event and there's only a couple weeks until regionals. How should I start off studying for the event? Also, can anyone provide a link the Dynamic Planet rules sheet as my school, albeit unreasonably, threw away all the excess event rules sheets?
Thanks. Really appreciate it.

scioly.org isn't a place to get the rules, but you can get them online free at the soinc.org store.

geniusjohn5 wrote:So I just got thrown into this event and there's only a couple weeks until regionals. How should I start off studying for the event? Also, can anyone provide a link the Dynamic Planet rules sheet as my school, albeit unreasonably, threw away all the excess event rules sheets?
Thanks. Really appreciate it.

You can start off by going to the wiki and look up anything on the rules you don't know.

matematika wrote:I know what is going to be tested (topics-wise), but I'm not sure where to get resources. My school had tryouts for the team (of course), and I was able to find what I needed easily, but now I don't know where they are. Any online resources or books (*books*) for recommendation please (other than the soinc.org PDF links)? Thanks!

Last year in the DP thread, somebody mentioned Kent C Condie Plate Tectonics and Crustal Evolution for a textbook (you can find a PDF version from a Google search I'm pretty sure), and although I haven't used it too much the table of contents looks as though it hits most of the topics in the event?

Does any one know if we actually have to calculate gravity anomalies or just know about them? Teachers told me it's too "upper-level" and refuse to help me, saying it won't be tested.

And what about isostatic adjustments and anomalies? They seem easier to calculate so I am guessing we will actually be expected to calculate it?

S.liiin wrote:Does any one know if we actually have to calculate gravity anomalies or just know about them? Teachers told me it's too "upper-level" and refuse to help me, saying it won't be tested.

And what about isostatic adjustments and anomalies? They seem easier to calculate so I am guessing we will actually be expected to calculate it?

Isostatic anomalies there are definitely calculation problems about, plenty of invitationals have free response problems you can work through for practice.

Gravity anomalies there were questions about on the Nats test involving graphs of different types relative to different isostatic characteristics but I don't think that comes up too often?

knottingpurple wrote:

S.liiin wrote:Does any one know if we actually have to calculate gravity anomalies or just know about them? Teachers told me it's too "upper-level" and refuse to help me, saying it won't be tested.

And what about isostatic adjustments and anomalies? They seem easier to calculate so I am guessing we will actually be expected to calculate it?

Isostatic anomalies there are definitely calculation problems about, plenty of invitationals have free response problems you can work through for practice.

Gravity anomalies there were questions about on the Nats test involving graphs of different types relative to different isostatic characteristics but I don't think that comes up too often?

Gravity anomaly questions of any kind are very rare. Outside of nationals, I've seen less than 5 total.

Unome wrote:

knottingpurple wrote:

S.liiin wrote:Does any one know if we actually have to calculate gravity anomalies or just know about them? Teachers told me it's too "upper-level" and refuse to help me, saying it won't be tested.

And what about isostatic adjustments and anomalies? They seem easier to calculate so I am guessing we will actually be expected to calculate it?

Isostatic anomalies there are definitely calculation problems about, plenty of invitationals have free response problems you can work through for practice.

Gravity anomalies there were questions about on the Nats test involving graphs of different types relative to different isostatic characteristics but I don't think that comes up too often?

Gravity anomaly questions of any kind are very rare. Outside of nationals, I've seen less than 5 total.

I think just focus on isostatic adjustments more, since that topic appears more so as a math problem, which can be worth quite a good amount of points. I'd still have maybe something about gravity anomalies, but you should just maybe watch a short video about them, don't really put too many notes on it so you can focus on the more frequently occurring topics.