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Re: Road Scholar B

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Fanglin wrote: 2 complete years of Road Scholar (including 2 National tourneys), legit almost every RS test on the world wide web, and I've never come across a question of the sort:)

(in other words: I don't know)
Even numbered interstates always run E-W and odd numbered ones always run N-S
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Heres a different one I guess:
What's an azimuth? Why is it so important?
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Re: Road Scholar B

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What is a bus terminus?
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Re: Road Scholar B

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snorrio wrote:What is a bus terminus?
It's like a train station or airport for busses. Usually coach busses, but it can vary.
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Road Scholar:4th 8-)
Bottle Rockets: 9th
Meteorology: 11th
Gliders: 21st

(other events: Green Gen, Crime Busters, Helicopters, Hovercraft, Air trajectory)

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Image What kind of lake is Horseshoe Lake and how is it formed?
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2016 Nats:
Road Scholar:4th 8-)
Bottle Rockets: 9th
Meteorology: 11th
Gliders: 21st

(other events: Green Gen, Crime Busters, Helicopters, Hovercraft, Air trajectory)

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Re: Road Scholar B

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Fanglin wrote:Image What kind of lake is Horseshoe Lake and how is it formed?
It's an oxbow lake. It forms when contestant erosion and deposition forms a shorter path in a meandering stream (woo earth science!)

What does UTM stand for and what does it mean?
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Re: Road Scholar B

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NeilMehta wrote:
Fanglin wrote:Image What kind of lake is Horseshoe Lake and how is it formed?
It's an oxbow lake. It forms when contestant erosion and deposition forms a shorter path in a meandering stream (woo earth science!)

What does UTM stand for and what does it mean?
UTM stands for Universal Transverse Mercator, which is a land measurement system based of meters, and large network of meridians. It's those small numbers on the side of the topos with the prefex number.

What measurement differences are there between Stream Gradient and Slope Gradient?
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Road Scholar:4th 8-)
Bottle Rockets: 9th
Meteorology: 11th
Gliders: 21st

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[hide]Stream gradient is measured every 1000 feet while slope gradient is measured every 100[/hide]
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New question:
What does UPS stand for?
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United Parcel service! "synchronizing the world of commerce"
If that's not it, then IDK lol
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Bottle Rockets: 9th
Meteorology: 11th
Gliders: 21st

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Re: Road Scholar B

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Fanglin wrote:United Parcel service! "synchronizing the world of commerce"
If that's not it, then IDK lol
I was really looking for Universal Polar Stereographic coordinates
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal ... ate_system)
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