Geography

Question 1

What are the 3 types of renewable resources?

Answer 1

Fresh air - so we can have oxygen to breathe.
Fresh water - to keep us alive
Plants and animals - to use for food.

Question 2

How do humans impact the water cycle?

Answer 2

Humans impact the water cycle by building structures, such as levee banks, to protect farmland, and settlements from flooding.

Question 3

How much of the World’s water is fresh?

Answer 3

3% of the World’s water is fresh.

Question 4

What is water scarcity?

Answer 4

Water scarcity occurs when the demand for water exceeds the amount availabe.

Question 5

What is water stress?

Answer 5

Water stress is the negative effect of limited water supply on people and environments.

Question 6

What is a chatchment?

Answer 6

It is the area drained by a river and its tributaries.

Question 7

What is Watershed?

Answer 7

The boundary between catchments.

Question 8

What is Groundwater?

Answer 8

Groundwater is water beneath the earth held in pores or tiny spaces of sand, soil or rock.

Question 9

What is Watertable?

Answer 9

Watertable is the level at which under-rock strata are saturated by water.

Question 10

What is irrigation?

Answer 10

Irrigation is watering crops by artificial.

Question 11

What is the difference between a catchment and a watershed?

Answer 11

A catchment is the area of the land where the surface water meets and the watershed is separating neighboring catchments.

Question 12

Why are catchments important?

Answer 12

Catchments are important because they are where all our food is grown and where our drinking water comes from.

Question 13

Why do rivers continue to flow even after it has stopped raining?

Answer 13

When precipitation falls to the ground, water moves over the land and finds it way into streams or down into the ground.

Question 14

How can you reduce your water usage?

Answer 14

• Taking short showers
• Turning of the tap when cleaning your teeth.
• Installing water-saving household appliances, shower heads and toilets.

Question 15

How many dams does Australia have and how much water do they hold?

Answer 15

Australia has 447 dams and they hold nearly 84000 GL.

Question 16

What is the water stored in Australia dams primarily used for?

Answer 16

The water run-off needs to be collected and stored in dams, moved to where it is needed and used with care in drier times.

Question 17

How is groundwater accessed for human use?

Answer 17

It can be accessed in the place where it is needed. There is no need for expensive infrastructure such as pipes to transport water.

Question 18

What is groundwater used for?

Answer 18

Groundwater is used for agricultural, domestic and industrial purposes.

Question 19

How many people in the world rely on Groundwater?

Answer 19

2.2 billion people

Question 20

How much of Australia’s water use comes from groundwater?

Answer 20

15%

Question 21

Describe the water cycle?

Answer 21

When rain goes into the ground and moves underground, it goes to the clouds or the ocean and falls out of the clouds and make rain.

Question 22

Describe the different ways Water is collected, stored and used in Australia.

Answer 22

By dams or wells to catch rain water or collect groundwater from wells.

Question 23

Describe the different ways water is collected, and used in another country you have studied.

Answer 23

In Africa they collect water from oceans or the pipelines.

Question 24

What effects can water quality have on humans?

Answer 24

It can lead to diseases such and trachoma ( Which can lead to blindness) and plague.

Question 25

How does Water scarcity affect people living in that area?

Answer 25

It can cause water stress, so there wouldn’t be enough water for them, it will be limited amount.

Question 26

How can we solve water scarcity?

Answer 26

To find ways to use water efficiently people take responsibilities to use for gardens.

Question 27

What is resource distribution?

Answer 27

Some natural resources are found everywhere , while others are found in only specific locations.
eg: mineral ores, oil and coal.

Question 28

What is the water cycle?

Answer 28

the water cycle is often referred to as the ‘closed system’ because the same water has been circulating since the earliest days of the planet.

Question 29

What is the movement and changes in the water cycle?

Answer 29

Water is always moving and changing its form (ice and snow, liquid water or water vapour) and its location.