Water Usage

What is the best way to CONSERVE water use in an agricultural setting...

• low flow toilets

• reuse cooling water

• drip irrigation

• high power overhead irrigation

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

The image here is how humans control rivers for the last few hundred years. This is

• diverting water thru canels

• create an aquaduct

• damming a river

• desalination plant

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The largest single use of water for industrial purposes is for

• canning and food processing.

• cooling.

• power production.

• washing produce in food processing industries.

In general, water use worldwide is dominated by

• Agricultural use

• Domestic needs

• Industrial activities

• All of these are sectors that use water about equally

Conserving water for residential use would involve

• xeriscaping

• drip irrigation

• reusing cooling water

• manufacturing goods

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What percent of water is used for industrial use?

• 5%

• 19%

• 40%

• 67%

What provides crops with water from sources other than direct precipitation?

• Aeration

• Irrigation

• Coagulation

• Xeriscaping

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What percent of water is used for Agricultural use?

• 5%

• 19%

• 40%

• 67%

While expensive and inefficient now, the removal of salt from ocean water may help create more potable water in the future

• water transport

• towing icebergs

• desalination plants

• xeriscaping

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Which of the following is true of water? Select all that apply.

• Water has a high specific heat.

• Water can dissolve other substances.

• Water is not a precious natural resource.

• Water is not valuable for industrial processes.

• Water is hydrophilic and polar. It forms hydrogen bonds with itself.

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