Catching Fog/Making Rain Purple #53

In the story, catching fog, what is the conflict (main problem) for the village of Bella Vista?

• They are in need of better schools

• The village of Bella Vista was located in a very dusty and dry place, rarely receiving rainfall, leaving the people with a serious shortage of fresh water.

• The village is dealing with a lot of immigration problems at their borders.

• Bella Vista had so much water, there was constant flooding every year.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

To German scientist had an idea how to help the people of Bella Vista, what was their solution to the problem?

• The two scientist created a standing "net like" device that would catch fog, and distribute the water directly to the villagers.

• The two scientists believed water should be imported from other cities, to help them with this severe drought.

• The two scientist created a well, digging a huge hole in the center of the village. Here, they would equally distribute the water that was pulled from the ground.

• The two scientist did not know how to help.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Besides the oceans and the skies, where is there a huge abundance of Earth's freshwater ?

• Near the equator

• California

• The north and south poles

• South America

Explain how the two scientist made the water catching devices for the town of Bella Vista.

(Respond with complete sentences)

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The scientists created a net that would catch more than 150 gallons of fresh water each day. Today the same nets, upgraded, can catch more than 600 gallons of fresh water each day.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In the story, making rain, what was the story mainly about?

• Explaining how to make rain for students, using indoor lab experiments.

• This story was about rituals that people performed, dances, in order to make it rain.

• The story was about world governments using silver iodide to help make clouds produce more rain than they normally would on their own.

• The story was about the government COMPLETELY controlling the weather.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

A way of adding more solid particles (adding silver iodide) to a cloud so that the water particles can stick together and grow.

What is the name of this process?

• Cloud engineering

• cloud seeding

• Birds seeding

• metamorphosis

In 2009, Northern China was suffering a serious drought for months and months, what was their solution?

• import more water from local countries

• cloud seeding, shooting 400 sticks of silver iodide into the skies.

• apply for a loan

• Asking the United States for assistance.

During a severe drought, what was the result of china experimenting with cloud seeding in the year 2009?

• Light rainfall for many days

• A snow blizzard

• Nothing happened, it was a failure.

• The United States stepped in, condemning (shaming/not approving) the actions.

Explain the benefits for cloud seeding.