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Training 2025


Plant & Tree Identification PPT
Bird Identification ppt
Fish Identification PPT
Animal Identication Blank PPT
GA Envirothon Soil Station 
  •  Five Soil Forming Factors
  •  Soil Composition (Typical percentages of Minerals, Water, Air, Organic Matter)
  • Soil Particle Sizes (Sand, Silt, Clay)
  •  Discussion of terms – Runoff, Infiltration, Deposition, Erosion
  •  Identifying Horizons in a Soil Profile based on visual characteristics
  •  Five MLRA of Georgia
  •  General Types of Parent Materials – Residual, Colluvial, Alluvial, etc.
  •  Identifying various Soil Structure types – Granular, Blocky, Massive
  •  How to use a Textural Triangle to determine Soil Texture
  •  How to use the Texture Flow Chart to Determine Soil Textures
  •  How to properly name soil Colors using the Munsell Color Book
  •  Know the name of the State Soil Series of Georgia
  • https://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/

GA Envirothon Aquatics Station 
  • Using a secchi disk to measure water quality/turbidity
  • Measuring the temperature of water and know at what levels aquatic life can be supported
  • Measuring Dissolved Oxygen and pH using the LaMotte tablet dissolving test kit – know what levels support aquatic life
  • Be able to identify the fish species provided in the study materials
  • Be familiar with the categories of macro=invertebrates on the Adopt-A-Stream worksheet found in the study materials
  • Know which species are tolerant, some-what tolerant and sensitive
  • Stream Orders – Know how to label a diagram with stream orders.
  • Also, know what the orders indicate. Ex: Would a stream order of 8 indicate a large or small stream?What is the highest stream order?

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