Water Quantity Test Review

Identify the major rivers in the US

e

f

b

c

a

d

g

Colorado River

Columbia River

Missouri River

Ohio-Allegheny

Arkansas River

Rio Grande

Mississippi River

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Identify the Great Lakes in the US

c

b

a

Lake Michigan

Lake Superior

Lake Huron

Match the type of water uses

• Agriculture

•  includes using water for drinking, air conditioning, plumbing and daily activities such as bathing, lawn care, and household chores

• Domestic

•  accounts for nearly half of the total water withdrawals in the US. Most is used for cooling.  the water isn’t actually consumed and instead returned to its source

• In Stream

• Crop irrigation is a major consumptive source of water

• Industrial

• does not remove any water from a basin but instead is the use of the actual channel or basin. Examples include transportation, recreation and hydroelectric power

Which of the following is NOT causing a water supply problem in the western half of the US?

• Agricultural demands 

• Climate

• 
  Human water use

• Amount of rainfall

• all of the answer choices ARE a cause of water supply problems

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which of the following is NOT a way to conserve/decrease consumption of water?

• 
  Showerheads that decrease the flow of water

• Increasing the price of water

• Increase water usage

• Water laws that limit daily consumption of water per household 

What are the future projections of drought in North America?

• Most of North America will experience drought in some way

• 
  Only the south west will experience drought in some way

• Only the east will experience drought in some way

• Only the north will experience drought in some way

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

What is a drought?

• When there is no precipitation for a week

• When there is less than normal precipitation over an extended period of time

• Where there is too much precipitation for a week

• Where there is more than normal precipitation over an extended period of time

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which of the following is NOT a way to control flooding?

• Terracing hillsides to slow water flow

• Man-made channels to divert water flow

• Cutting down more trees and removing vegetation

• Man-made dams

surface water flood due to heavy rainfall causing drainage systems to back up and flood streets or too much water not being able to be absorbed quick enough

• Surge Flood

• Fluvial Flood

• Man-made Flood

• Pluvial Flood

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

river flood due to excessive rainfall/ice or snow melting over a series of time causes a river to exceed its capacity (also broken dams)

• Man-made Flood

• Pluvial Flood

• Fluvial Flood

• Surge Flood

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2