Chapter 1,2,3 Study

Question 1

Rivers, aquifers, lakes.

Answer 1

Blue water

Question 2

Rainfall used for crop growth

Answer 2

Green water

Question 3

Water polluted after agricultural, industrial and household use

Answer 3

Grey water

Question 4

The total volume of fresh water that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by an individual or country

Answer 4

Water Footprint

Question 5

All the Water used to produce goods and services.

-food production uses the most water

Answer 5

Virtual water

Question 6

A situation in which there is an extreme scarcity of food

Answer 6

Famine

Question 7

Someone who provides food only for the needs of their family leaving little or none to sell.

Answer 7

Subsistence farming

Question 8

The reversal ( every few years) of the more usual direction of the winds and surface currents across the Pacific Ocean. This change causes drought in Australia and heavy rain in South America.

Answer 8

El Niño

Question 9

Difference between El Niño and the southern oscillation.

Answer 9

These both cause droughts but SO causes major air pressure where as EN

Question 10

A major air pressure shift between the Asian and east pacific regions. It’s most common extremes are El Niño events.

Answer 10

Southern Oscillation

Question 11

A long period of time when rainfall received is below average.

Answer 11

Drought

Question 12

The state of being without protection and open to harm

Answer 12

Vulnerability

Question 13

An extreme event that is the result of natural processes and causes serious material damage or loss of life.

Answer 13

Natural Disaster

Question 14

An extreme event that is the result of natural processes and has the potential to cause serious material damage and loss of life.

Answer 14

Natural Hazard

Question 15

Yo change, liquid, such as water , into a vapour (gas) through heat.

Answer 15

Evaporate

Question 16

Water in its gaseous form, formed as a result of evaporation.

Answer 16

Water vapour

Question 17

The form of water falling from the sky such as rain, snow or hail.

Answer 17

Precipitation

Question 18

The volume of water that flows through a river at a given time.

Answer 18

Discharge

Question 19

Precipitation not absorbed by soil, and which runs over the land and into streams.

Answer 19

Run off

Question 20

The change from year to year in the amount of rainfall in a given location.

Answer 20

Rainfall variability

Question 21

The process by which water is converted from a liquid to a gas and thereby moves from land and surface water into the atmosphere

Answer 21

Evaporation

Question 22

The entire area of land that contributes water to a river and tributaries.

Answer 22

Drainage basin

Question 23

The amount of moisture in the air .

Answer 23

Relative humidity

Question 24

A situation that occurs in acorn try with less than 1000 cubic meters of renewable fresh water per person.

Answer 24

Water stress

Question 25

A situation that occurs when the demand for water is greater than the supply available.

Answer 25

Water scarcity

Question 26

Water that is safe for human consumption.

Answer 26

Improved drinking water

Question 27

Rain, sleet, hail, snow and other forms of water falling from the sky when water particles in clouds become too heavy.

Answer 27

Precipitation

Question 28

The layer of gases surrounding the earth.

Answer 28

Atmosphere

Question 29

Another term for the water cycle. | The cycle of water moving throughout a cycle. Eg.precipitation, transpiration, evaporation.

Answer 29

Hydrologic cycle

Question 30

The environment around a river or river bank.

Answer 30

Riverine environment

Question 31

Fuels that come from the breakdown of living materials, and which are formed in the ground over millions of years. Examples include coal, oil and natural gas.

Answer 31

Fossil Fuels

Question 32

Radioactive metal used as a fuel in nuclear reactors.

Answer 32

Uranium

Question 33

An aquifer confined between impermeable layers of rocks. The water in its under pressure and will flow upward through a well or bore

Answer 33

Artesian aquifer

Question 34

A body of permeable rock below the earths surface which contains water, known as groundwater.

Answer 34

Aquifer

Question 35

A process in which water moves down from the earths surface into groundwater.

Answer 35

Groundwater recharge

Question 36

Any method of farming that requires concentrated inputs of money and labor on relatively small areas of land for example :battery hens and rice cultivation.

Answer 36

Intensive agriculture

Question 37

Soil composed of sediments (clay,silt,sand) deposited on a floodplain you a river when it breaks down banks. This soil is rich in nutrients and is useful for agricultural production.

Answer 37

Alluvial soil