Study sets matching "water resources use"
Study sets
Diagrams
Classes
Users
Store, Move, and Desalinate
HIGH precipitation, LOW population
LOW precipitation, HIGH population
Norway, Iceland
Because water is a FINITE resource, humans need to understand…
The highest per capita supply occurs under what conditions?
The lowest per capita supply occurs under what conditions?
Example of high per capita supply
Store, Move, and Desalinate
Because water is a FINITE resource, humans need to understand…
HIGH precipitation, LOW population
The highest per capita supply occurs under what conditions?
Hydrology
Water Reservoir
Nonrenewable
Salinity
The study of the occurence, distributon, and movement of water…
A place where water is stored for some period of time
When a resource is being consumed by humans at rates faster th…
Written in parts per thousand (ppt) with 1000 grams salt / 1 k…
Hydrology
The study of the occurence, distributon, and movement of water…
Water Reservoir
A place where water is stored for some period of time
Aquifers
Unconfined aquifers
Confined aquifers
Ground Water Image
small spaces found within permeable layers of rock and sedimen…
an aquifer that is simply porous rock covered by soil.
an aquifer surrounded by a layer of impermeable rock or clay.
Aquifers
small spaces found within permeable layers of rock and sedimen…
Unconfined aquifers
an aquifer that is simply porous rock covered by soil.
Water Rich
Water Poor
Consumptive Water Use
Agriculture Water Use
-There is enough for people to use plus additional water.... -Bra…
-There is not enough water for people to use/have access to.
-Water removed from available supplies without return to a wat…
-69% of worldwide water is used for irrigation.... -15%-35% of ir…
Water Rich
-There is enough for people to use plus additional water.... -Bra…
Water Poor
-There is not enough water for people to use/have access to.
Water Rich
Water Poor
Consumptive Water Use
Agricultural
- Surplus ( more than enough for the population)... - Countries w…
- Deficit ( not enough for the population)... - The condition of…
Is water removed from available supplies without return to a w…
- Estimated that 69% of world-wide water use is for irrigation…
Water Rich
- Surplus ( more than enough for the population)... - Countries w…
Water Poor
- Deficit ( not enough for the population)... - The condition of…
Natural resources
Renewable
Non-renewable
Sustainable
Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and…
A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at wh…
Resources that cannot be replenished at rate they are used
The level of development that can be maintained in a country w…
Natural resources
Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and…
Renewable
A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at wh…
Processes that form lakes
lake inputs
lake outputs
turbidity
tectonic uplift of mountain range creating depression that acc…
precipitation, runoff from streams & channels from catchment a…
evaporation, surface & groundwater flows, human extraction of…
amount & type of suspended particles in water (either sediment…
Processes that form lakes
tectonic uplift of mountain range creating depression that acc…
lake inputs
precipitation, runoff from streams & channels from catchment a…
*freshwater/saltwater
watershed
aquifer
cone of depression
...
an area of land that drains into a body of water
an underground formation that contains groundwater
lowering of the water table around a pumping well
*freshwater/saltwater
...
watershed
an area of land that drains into a body of water
Natural resources
Man-made resource
Finite resource
Continuous resource
Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and…
a material that does not occur naturally. it has been made by…
A material of which there is only a limited amount - once used…
A renewable resource, the availability of which is not affecte…
Natural resources
Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and…
Man-made resource
a material that does not occur naturally. it has been made by…
Aquifiers
Unconfined Aquifers
Confined Aquifers
Water Table
Subterranean, porous, water-holding rocks that provide million…
Aquifers that are closer to the land surface and lacks a prote…
An aquifer surrounded by a layer of impermeable rock or clay t…
The upper level of the saturated zone of groundwater.
Aquifiers
Subterranean, porous, water-holding rocks that provide million…
Unconfined Aquifers
Aquifers that are closer to the land surface and lacks a prote…
Natural resources
Renewable
Non-renewable
Sustainable
Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and…
A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at wh…
Resources that cannot be replenished at rate they are used
The level of development that can be maintained in a country w…
Natural resources
Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and…
Renewable
A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at wh…
What percentage of Earth's surface is w…
What proportion is salt water and fresh…
What is distribution of fresh water?
What's special about water?
70%
97% salt water and 3% fresh water
2% rivers; 11% swamps; 87% lakes
-Water's temp changes slowly... -High BP... -Water dissolves many co…
What percentage of Earth's surface is w…
70%
What proportion is salt water and fresh…
97% salt water and 3% fresh water
carrying capacity
Scarcity
Aqueduct
Aerated
the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a…
in short supply; shortage
A structure that carries water over long distances
Mixed with air
carrying capacity
the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a…
Scarcity
in short supply; shortage
Watershed
Aquifer
Permeability
Porosity
A river that ... the area of land that is drained by a water syst…
An underground formation that contains groundwater
The ability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through i…
The percentage of the total volume of a rock or sediment that…
Watershed
A river that ... the area of land that is drained by a water syst…
Aquifer
An underground formation that contains groundwater
Aquifer
Confined Aquifer
recharge zone
unconfined aquifer
geologic formation that contains water in quantities sufficien…
below the land surface... saturated with water... impermeable layers…
surface area above aquifer that supplies water to the aquifer
upper wall is at atmospheric pressure and thus is able to rise…
Aquifer
geologic formation that contains water in quantities sufficien…
Confined Aquifer
below the land surface... saturated with water... impermeable layers…
Nearly 72%
66%
Hydrology
Over 97%
How much of the Earths surface is covered with water?
Our bodies are made up of how much water?
The study of the occurrence, distribution, movement of water o…
How much water do oceans hold?
Nearly 72%
How much of the Earths surface is covered with water?
66%
Our bodies are made up of how much water?
distribution of h20
water reservoir
water in nonrenewable when..
salinity
97% in ocean, 3% on landmass, <.001% atmosphere
area in which water is stored for a period of time (atmosphere…
being used faster than can naturally replace itself
increases w/ depth in ocean, freshwater is less than .5ppt, &…
distribution of h20
97% in ocean, 3% on landmass, <.001% atmosphere
water reservoir
area in which water is stored for a period of time (atmosphere…
Hydrology
Water Reservoir
Water table
Watershed
It is the study if the occurrence, distribution, and movement…
It is a place where water is stored for some period of time.
It is found at the upper edge of the zone of saturation and th…
The geographical region which a stream gets water is called __…
Hydrology
It is the study if the occurrence, distribution, and movement…
Water Reservoir
It is a place where water is stored for some period of time.
Hydrology
Reservoir
Salinity
Brackish
the branch of science concerned with the properties of the ear…
a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water s…
the concentration of dissolved salts in water etc., usually ex…
salty water
Hydrology
the branch of science concerned with the properties of the ear…
Reservoir
a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water s…
Aeration Zone
Aqueducts
Aquifer
Confined aquifer
Region in the ground in which pore spaces are filled with air.
An artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the fo…
A body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwa…
Aquifer below the land surface that is saturated with water.
Aeration Zone
Region in the ground in which pore spaces are filled with air.
Aqueducts
An artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the fo…
aeration zone
aqueducts
aquifer
confined aquifer
Region in the ground in which pore spaces are filled with air
a water supply or navigable channel constructed to convey water
a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwa…
aquifers in which an impermeable dirt/rock layer exists that p…
aeration zone
Region in the ground in which pore spaces are filled with air
aqueducts
a water supply or navigable channel constructed to convey water
Clean water act of 1972
Drip irrigation
Spray irrigation
Flood irrigation
Law intended to clean up the nation's rivers and lakes. ... EPA r…
Delivers water directly to the roots of crops ... 95% efficient... V…
75 to 85% efficient... Expensive
70 to 80% efficient... Damages some crops... Floods area
Clean water act of 1972
Law intended to clean up the nation's rivers and lakes. ... EPA r…
Drip irrigation
Delivers water directly to the roots of crops ... 95% efficient... V…
Sublimation
Evapotranspiration
Runoff
Infiltration
A change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without…
Evaporation of water from the soil plus transpiration—the rele…
Water from rain or snowmelt that flows over the land surface a…
The downward movement of water from the land surface into soil…
Sublimation
A change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without…
Evapotranspiration
Evaporation of water from the soil plus transpiration—the rele…