Environmental Hydrology 342 Final Report Fall 2012 The first hypothesis to test for your final report will relate to the physical hydrology … Formulate a hypothesis to test to answer this question:...

Environmental Hydrology 342 Final Report Fall 2012 The first hypothesis to test for your final report will relate to the physical hydrology … Formulate a hypothesis to test to answer this question: What explains the differences in stream flow between watersheds? e.g. If stream flow depends on the watershed’s _____(area? land slope? amount of forest? other?)_____, then streams in watersheds having ____(larger area? etc.)______ will have _____(higher? lower?)___ flow. The second set of hypotheses to test for your term project will combine physical and chemical hydrology … Formulate a set of hypotheses to test to answer these questions: What explains the relationship between stream flow and ___ (X) ___ observed in the data? Where X = a) pH b) Turbidity c)TDS d)Alkalinity and the non-buffering ions comprising TDS (i.e. TDS – Alkalinity) In your hypothesis and then data presentation and discussion, you must address the characteristics of the individual watersheds and the processes which you believe are causing the relationships observed. Future Project: Based upon what you learned in this class, suggest a project design scenario for a specific hypothesis that you might like to test concerning processes within the campus watershed as an independent study project. So state your hypothesis, and then your means to test it. What data would you have to collect to be able to test your hypothesis? Where? How often?