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Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
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
Why is Egypt opposed to the dam Ethiopia is building?
It could cut the Nile's flow
There might be a water shortage in Egypt because of its growing population alone
Does not trust that Ethiopia will be fair and regulate the dam for the other countries needing the Nile
All of the above
