Environmental Water Part I
- 1.Slide 2: Water covers ____________ % of the earth's surface.
- 2.Slide 2: Choose the two true statements.
- A.
All living organism require water to live.
- B.
All living things are 97% saltwater.
- C.
All living organism are comprised mostly of water.
- 3.Slide 3: Which of the following is NOT an important reason for having water?
- A.
It acts as an agent of errosion.
- B.
It acts as a buffer against climate change.
- C.
It is a combination of hydrogen and oxygen.
- D.
It dilutes pollutants.
- 4.Slide 4: Water is _______________________ at room temperature.
- 5.Slide 5: Water has a high heat capacity, which means it acts as a ________________ .
- A.
Liquid
- B.
Coolant
- C.
Shower
- D.
Washing board
- 6.Slide 6: Water _______________________ helps distripute heat globally.
- 7.Slide 7: Water carries ___________________ to an organism's cells and flushes away ____________ products. Two words. Once space between.
- 8.Slide 8: Surface tension allows plants to
- A.
Enable drainage
- B.
House insects
- C.
Adhere to surfaces
- D.
Transport water
- 9.Slide 9: Ice has a lower _______________ than liquid water.
- 10.Slide 10: Surface water that does not infiltrate the ground is called
- A.
Runoff
- B.
Stream overflow
- C.
Drainage
- D.
A spring
- 11.Slide 13: The drainage basin from which water drains is called a
- 12.
Slide 14: What does impermeable mean?- A.
Loosly dense
- B.
Can't get through
- C.
Soaking wet
- D.
Ground water
- 13.Slide 14: Underground water is called an ___________________________
- 14.Slide 15: Most fresh water is locked up in frozen ____________________ .
- 15.Slide 16: Human activites overwhelm the natural water cycle and _________________________ the quality of available water.
- 16.Slide 17: What is the biggest user of water?
- 17.Slide 17: What is the process of transporting water called?
- A.
Wells
- B.
Groundwater
- C.
Irrigation
- D.
Transportation
- 18.
Slide 18: What do you think increasing yields means?
- A.
Extra pivit motion
- B.
More irrigation is necessary
- C.
More food is produced
- 19.Slide 19: What does flood irrigation depend on?
- A.
Evaporation
- B.
Gravity
- C.
Flooding
- D.
Percolation
- 20.Slide 20: Land for flood irrigation must be __________________________________.
- 21.
Slide 20: What does infertile in the last sentence mean?
- A.
The land doesn't have nutrients for the crops
- B.
Water is wasted when watering
- C.
Irrigation is the basis for all farming
- 22.Slide 21: What is an advantage of furrow irrigation?
- A.
It involves gravity
- B.
It uses ditches to transport water
- C.
It doesn't waste much water
- 23.Slide 22: What is a disadvantage of furrow irrigation?
- A.
It is more expensive than other methods
- B.
It flows from pipes
- C.
It requires the land to be flat
- 24.Slide 24: Drip irrigation uses ________________ to distribute water.
- 25.Slide 25: What is a disadvantage of drip irrigation?
- A.
Cost
- B.
It wastes water
- C.
In can be used in arid regions
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What does impermeable mean?")
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What do you think increasing yields means?")
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What does infertile in the last sentence mean?")
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