Water Resources

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which humans directly can change water resources?

• Irrigation (diverting water away from original water source to farm lands)

• Building dams

• Droughts

• Pollution

All are ways human lives are impacted because of changing water resources. Which of the following is an example of a POSITIVE impact?

• Dried up rivers/seas can mean that people lose fishing jobs

• Dust storms from the newly dried area can impact breathing and air quality

• Dried up rivers/seas can mean loss of farmland and income

• Water is able to reach farms and towns further away from a river, opening up more places for people to live

True or false: The two major rivers that were connected to the Aral Sea in 1960 are still connected to the Aral Sea today.

• True

• False

Why don't the 2 rivers reach (dump into) the Aral Sea anymore?

• Irrigation to help water the very dry region

• Building of a long canal

• Both reasons

True or false: Besides for farming, water can be used for generating electricity

• True

• False

What is irrigation?

• the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.

• supplying water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.

• the generation of electricity using flowing water (typically from a reservoir held behind a dam or other barrier)

What impacted the changes to the Aral Sea more?

• Human Causes

• Natural Causes

• Geb

If the "Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam" is located in Ethiopia . . . and Egypt is worried about the river reaching its country once it is done . . . what direction does the Nile flow to?

• North

• South

• East

• West

In which country would many more people receive electricity, get out of poverty, and get overall easier access to water from the Nile from the Grand Renaissance Dam?

• Egypt

• Ethiopia

• Blochanda

• Sudan

Though not specifically built for Sudan, farmers in Sudan would be happy with the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam because it would reduce flooding.

• True

• False