Ethiopia Dam project. Retrieval Task

The 3 aims of water aid in Africa are:

• Providing access to clean water, improving sanitation, and promoting hygiene education.

• Building roads, providing electricity, and offering free education.

• Supplying food aid, building hospitals, and offering microloans.

• Promoting tourism, supporting local businesses, and increasing exports.

Water scarcity means:

• a lack of sufficient water resources to meet the needs of people

• an abundance of clean water everywhere

• water being available at all times

• water being free for everyone

3. Pumpkin tanks are:

• large storage tanks used for transporting liquids, often shaped like pumpkins

• a type of military vehicle used in Halloween parades

• containers for storing pumpkin seeds

• decorative tanks used in autumn festivals

Select two ways the pumpkin tanks are useful.

• They store water and help in irrigation.

• They are used for decoration and lighting.

• They are used for cooking and eating.

• They are used as animal shelters.

1 issue with the pumpkin tanks is:

• They are prone to leaking

• They are too lightweight

• They are made of metal

• They are used for fuel storage

Fill in the blank: The ability to maintain processes or states over the long term without depleting resources is called _________?

• Sustainable

• Temporary

• Exhaustive

• Depleting

Fill in the blank: The area of land drained by a river and its tributaries is known as a _________.

• River Basin

• Delta

• Peninsula

• Glacier

Fill in the blank: Electricity generated by using the energy of flowing water is called _________.

• Hydro electric

• Thermal electric

• Nuclear electric

• Solar electric

Fill in the blank: The ability to maintain something at a certain rate or level, especially in terms of environmental resources, is called _________.

• Sustainable

• Disposable

• Temporary

• Expendable

Describe the location of the River Nile using the map provided. The river Nile is located in the continent of _______. It starts in the country of _____ and travels through _______, ________, ________, and __________. The Grand Renaissance Dam is located in _______.

• Africa; Uganda; South Sudan; Sudan; Egypt; Ethiopia

• Asia; Kenya; Tanzania; Rwanda; Burundi; Egypt

• Europe; Nigeria; Ghana; Mali; Chad; Sudan

• South America; Brazil; Argentina; Peru; Chile; Ethiopia