Water Usage and Water Resources

Structure built across a river to control the river's flow

• Dam

• Bridge

• Draw-Bridge

• Reservoir

Amount of surface runoff that we can generally count on as a source of freshwater from year to year.

• Reliable Surface Runoff

• Useable Surface Runoff

• Rain Water

• Reliable Freshwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Greatest water conservation method used by farmers to water their crops

• Drip (Trickle) Irrigation

• Crop Flooding

• Crop Circles

• Manuel Irrigation

The world's largest known aquifer

• Ogallala Aquifer

• Pecos Valley Aquifer

• Gulf Coast Aquifer

• Edwards-Trinity Aquifer

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Freshwater from precipitation that flows across the earth's land surface and into rivers , lakes , wetlands, and ultimately to the oceans

• Surface Water

• Freshwater Runoff

• Saltwater Runoff

• Ground Water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

After a river is dammed, the river's flow creates an artificial lake behind the dam.

• Reservoir

• Fake-Lake

• Pond

• Super River

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Underground caverns and porous layers of sand, gravel, or bedrock through which groundwater flows.

• Ground Water

• Aquifers

• Caves

• Tap Water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is irrigation?

• Plowing the fields.

• The process of bringing water to an area for use in growing crops.

• Bringing groundwater to crops when they are dying.

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Uses of water that temporarily or permanently remove water from its source, if not returned, it is called consumptive use.

• Off-stream uses

• In-stream uses

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which of the following is a method to increase water efficiency in agriculture?

• Drip Irrigation

• Flood Irrigation

• Sprinkler Irrigation

• Surface Irrigation