Water Quantity Test Review

Identify the major rivers in the US

e

f

b

c

a

d

g

Mississippi River

Missouri River

Colorado River

Ohio-Allegheny

Arkansas River

Columbia River

Rio Grande

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Identify the Great Lakes in the US

c

b

a

Lake Michigan

Lake Huron

Lake Superior

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

• 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

• 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

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