The Envirothon is a nationwide high school environmental competition in the United States and in Canada wherein teams of five students are tested on five categories: Aquatics, Forestry, Soils/Land Use, Wildlife, and a rotating current environmental issue. The 2007 environmental issue is "Alternative/Renewable Energy." For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... There are a large number of sports that involve water. ... A decidous beech forest in Slovenia. ... Loess field in Germany Surface-water-gley developed in glacial till, Northern Ireland Technically, soil forms the pedosphere: the interface between the lithosphere (rocky part of the planet) and the biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. ... Land use is the pattern of construction and activity land is used for. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Provinces and states across Canada and the United States each have their own competitions from which the champion team earns the privilege of representing their state/province at the Canon Envirothon competition, which will be held in New York in 2007. In areas with a considerable amount of teams, regional and district competitions are also held. Teams must win the regional or district competitions in order to move on to the state or national levels. Canon Inc. ... “NY” redirects here. ...

During the competition, each team must write five tests and also must prepare an oral pesentation on the current rotating topic which the team will present to a panel of judges. Each test is scored out of 100 points and the presentation is scored out of 200 points. The team with the highest cumulative points at the end of the scoring is the winning team. Recognition is also given to teams with the highest scoring in each of the categories.

The current champion of the Canon Envirothon is from Virginia. Winners from the Virginia team include Kate Abshire, Ryan Bugas, Ali Fitzgerald, Whitney Hawkins, and Robert Michaels. The 2006 rotating issue was "Water Stewardship in a Changing Climate," relating to the effects of global warming. Global mean surface temperatures 1850 to 2006 Mean surface temperature anomalies during the period 1995 to 2004 with respect to the average temperatures from 1940 to 1980 Global warming is the observed increase in the average temperature of the Earths atmosphere and oceans in recent decades and the projected...

The 2006 top five teams were(scores):

1. Virginia (560.90)

2. Pennsylvania (544.13)

3. Texas (542.48)

4. California (513.75)

5. Ohio (512.93)

The 2006 ecostation champions were(scores):

Aquatics: Pennsylvania (85.50)

Soils: Pennsylvania (80.00)

Wildlife: Texas (77.00)

Forestry: Massachusetts (89.00)

Current Issue: Pennsylvania (97.00)

Oral Presentation: Ohio (177.67)

The 2007 Competition was held in Geneva, New York.

External link

• Envirothon official website