Exam 15: Water Resources

Which of the following is a property of water? 

What percentage of global freshwater consumption,according to the World Resources Institute,is wasted through evaporation,leaks,and other losses? 

Which of the following characterizes cloud seeding? 

Which statement best describes how the Aral Sea has changed since 1960? 

When a lot of water is pumped from an aquifer,or when there is a dry period,the _________________________ sinks lower.

Reducing birth rates is an effective way to reduce the wasting of water.

There is a hydrological connection between groundwater and surface water.

The location of water,the type of water,and the demand for water all place stress on available water supplies.

Overpopulation and poverty forced people to live on floodplains and deplete mangrove forests.This increased the chances of flooding which resulted in an increase in the death toll,and ultimately forced people out of the floodplains to find new sources of sustenance.Which term best describes this situation? 

____________________ is the artificial application of water (or wastewater)to land areas in order to meet the water (and sometimes nutrient)needs of plants.

WATER -Which letter in the diagram corresponds to an aquifer bound by beds of rock and confined under pressure?

______________________________,which is water that is added to an aquifer,generally comes from snowmelt and storm runoff.

____________________ involves removing dissolved salts from ocean water or brackish water.

Of all the water on Earth,less than 3% is fresh water.

What is one result of the overuse of groundwater? 

Which term refers to water scarcity that occurs when the soil dries up as a result of deforestation or overgrazing? 

Globally,the main uses of freshwater are washing and drinking.

What consumes the least amount of water on a global basis? 

What is one reason for water scarcity? 

What is the term for porous,water-saturated layers of underground rock?