DYNAMIC PLANET 2014 EVENT OVERVIEW Slide 2 R. J. HARTWELL
NATIONAL SCIENCE OLYMPIAD DYNAMIC PLANET NATIONAL EVENT SUPERVISOR
PRESENTED BY: [email protected] Slide 3 PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES:
Provide an overview of changes to the 2014 Dynamic Planet Event
Rules Describe the process of glacier formation Identify selected
glacial features and describe the formation of selected features
Locate event resources that may be used to help teams for
competition Slide 4 EVENT OVERVIEW 2014 DYNAMIC PLANET Slide 5 2014
EVENT OVERVIEW No Changes from the 2013 Event Rules. Key Event
Topics for 2014 Dynamic Planet Include: Types of glaciers Formation
of glaciers Glacial history Movement of glaciers Erosional and
depositional landforms of glaciers Slide 6 THE PROCESS OF
GLACIATION 2014 DYNAMIC PLANET Slide 7 Slide 8 Slide 9 Slide 10
Slide 11 IDENTIFICATION OF GLACIAL FEATURES 2014 DYNAMIC PLANET
Slide 12 GLACIAL FEATURES Use the Glacial Features Exhibit to
identify the glacial landforms shown in each image. Slide 13 REVIEW
OF GLACIAL FEATURES 2014 DYNAMIC PLANET Slide 14 1 DRUMLIN
EROSIONAL Slide 15 Slide 16 2 ESKER DEPOSITIONAL Slide 17 3 KETTLE
LAKE DEPOSITIONAL Slide 18 Slide 19 4 LATERAL MORAINE DEPOSITIONAL
Slide 20 5 MEDIAL MORAINE DEPOSITIONAL Slide 21 6 TERMINAL MORAINE
DEPOSITIONAL Slide 22 7 ICE SHELF GLACIAL FEATURE Slide 23 8
ICEBERG CALVING Slide 24 9 TARN ALPINE LAKE Slide 25 10 OUTWASH
PLAIN DEPOSITIONAL Slide 26 Slide 27 11 GLACIAL ERRATIC
DEPOSITIONAL Slide 28 12 CIRQUE EROSIONAL Slide 29 13 FJORD
EROSIONAL Slide 30 14 GLACIAL STRIATION EROSIONAL Slide 31 GLACIAL
STRIATION Slide 32 15 HORN EROSIONAL Slide 33 16 PIEDMONT GLACIER
GLACIAL FEATURE Slide 34 17 ICE SHEET GLACIAL FEATURE Slide 35 18
ARETES EROSIONAL Slide 36 19 KAME DEPOSITIONAL Slide 37 KAME
FORMATION Slide 38 20 HANGING VALLEY EROSIONAL Slide 39 HANGING
VALLEY FORMATION Slide 40 RESOURCES 2014 DYNAMIC PLANET Slide 41
RESOURCES Glaciers, Climate and Landscapes-Zach Smith Included in
Resource CD http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/1
0ae.html Physical geography.net chapter on glaciation includes some
great animations and readable descriptions.
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/1 0ag.html Physical
geography.net chapter on periglacial landforms Slide 42 RESOURCES
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/1 0af.html Physical
geography.net chapter on glacial landforms. Excellent discussion of
erosional and depositional landforms.
http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/palaeofiles/permian/gla ciation.html
Nice condensed discussion of the Milankovitch Cycle and why
glaciation occurs Slide 43 RESOURCES
http://nsidc.org/cryosphere/glaciers/questions/com ponents.html The
National Snow and Ice Center page describing components of a
glacier. http://www.colorado.edu/geography/class_homep
ages/geog_1011_sum08/GlacialLandscapes_Bow en.PDF This PPT
converted into a PDF provides an excellent catalog of glacial
landforms.
