power of precipitation

Question 1

precipitstion

Answer 1

water falling from the sky as rain sleet hail or snow

Question 2

condensation

Answer 2

when vapour in the air turns to water and rains

Question 3

evaporation

Answer 3

water lost from the ground/water suface

Question 4

rainwater

Answer 4

rainwater that has been soaked through the ground

Question 5

infiltration

Answer 5

the soaking of rainwater into the ground

Question 6

surface run off

Answer 6

water flowing o n top of the ground

Question 7

transpiration

Answer 7

water lost through pores in vegetation

Question 8

Prevention

Answer 8

Prevention – management that is focused on stopping the flood from occurring in the first place.

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Question 9

Protection

Answer 9

Protection – management that is focused on protecting areas and people from the negative effects of flooding.

Question 10

Soft engineering

Answer 10

Soft engineering – working with the river to limit the amount of damage from flooding. For example, afforestation.

Question 11

Hard engineering

Answer 11

Hard engineering – Building structures to prevent the flood from happening. For example, dam building.

Question 12

Strategy

Answer 12

Strategy – a plan of action or method.

Question 13

Implement (verb)

Answer 13

Implement (verb) - to put in action.

Question 14

Limit

Answer 14

Limit – to make less

Question 15

Afforestation

Answer 15

Afforestation – planting trees.

Question 16

hard enginering

Answer 16

Building higher embankments
Dredging the river
Dam

Question 17

soft engineering

Answer 17

Afforestation schemes
Floodplain zoning
Sandbags
Evacuation

Question 18

how can u write about soft and ahrd engineering?

Answer 18

They may use … (method)

This is when they … (briefly, what is this)

This will reduce the risk of flooding by … (what is the benefit of this).

Question 19

Lag time

Answer 19

Lag time – the amount of time between peak rainfall and peak discharge

Question 20

Rising limb

Answer 20

Rising limb – the increase in river discharge

Question 21

what do the bars represents?

Answer 21

The bars represent the amount of precipitation

Question 22

Peak discharge

Answer 22

Peak discharge – the highest level of water in the river

Question 23

Falling limb

Answer 23

Falling limb – the decrease in river discharge

Question 24

Peak rainfall

Answer 24

Peak rainfall – the highest amount of rainfall.