Unit 8.1 Vocabulary Quiz

The new office building hired a landscaper to use _______________, in order to use very little water in their green areas.

• confederacy

• horticulture

• xeriscaping

The Future Farmers of America learned about planting and caring for beautiful crops during ____________________ training.

• horticulture

• exploit

• obliterated

Water is stored in large _______________ across the state of California.

• conserve

• reservoirs

• obliterated

The Iroquois _______________ will make decisions for the tribe about land use, war, and resources.

• confederacy

• obliterated

• conserve

With 97.5% of the Earth’s water being salt water, we can say the supply of freshwater is very _______________.

• obliterated

• scarce

• horticulture

The bombs dropped on Pearl Harbor nearly _______________ an entire fleet of carriers.

• exploit

• xeriscaping

• obliterated

Some companies ______________ freshwater resources by dumping chemicals in them instead of disposing of them properly.

• exploit

• xeriscaping

• reservoirs

People in California are in a drought and need to learn to _______________ their water resources.

• reservoirs

• conserve

• obliterated

Most of Earth's water is found in

• oceans

• lakes

• rivers

What are the three types of water?